[neonbones]

I was surprised (and mostly shocked) by the ISP oligopoly in the US. When I heard that it killed Google Fiber and even such a money giant as Google can't properly fight it, I finally understood how bad it is.

It there any perspectives of game-changing in that field? And what can be done to change it?

I'm genuinely curious about it.

[db48x]

It’s pretty much got to be regulatory changes. The regulations we have currently are what makes it legal to exclude competitors.

[fraserphysics]

Broadband is a natural monopoly. Most natural monopolies are either owned by the government or regulated. At the national level government in the US has failed with respect to broadband. I hope we can address that failure locally by building a government owned broadband utility.

[mschuster91]

> When I heard that it killed Google Fiber and even such a money giant as Google can't properly fight it, I finally understood how bad it is.

The thing is, Google refused to pay bribes. Had they spent to the tune of a couple million in "campaign donations", the opposition would have collapsed.