Corporate socialism? Get a Life!
The author whines that residents in socialist countries pay less for internet, overlooking the massively higher tax burdens they must pay to enjoy the subsidy.
No thanks. I'd rather have the choice to pay "more" (is $20 more? That's what our monopoly provider charges), or choose to do without, than have the government tax me so everyone else can have subsidized service.
The reason monopoly / duopoly continues is because potential customers aren't willing to pay the cost of adding a third or fourth wired entity to the mix. Stringing cable / copper / coax / fiber to every house costs a bundle - $2K/house for high-density, more for rural settings. With LTE coming soon, new carriers are appropriately loathe to take the risk on such investments without contractual guarantees from consumers - which they won't give. Instead, a few loudmouth consumers want to have their cake (1 Gbit fiber) and force the rest of us to underwrite it.
