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by sagarm 3269 days ago
Packets don't damage network infrastructure, and lack of competition is not a different topic.

ISPs' monopoly on access to broadband customers allows them to extract rents based on the marginal value of each transaction. There's no reason we as a society should allow this.

Imagine if the cost of your water supply depended on your companies profits. That's what we're talking about here.