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  1. 07-13-2006 #1
    Tainted_Girl
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    Support cable competition!

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    Please support this campaign. It aims to support cable competition which will in turn provide better service and more choices in choosing a cable provider.
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    there is a disadvantage to multiple utility and similar service providers. there are sertain situations where monopolies are a great thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by benjamin20
    there is a disadvantage to multiple utility and similar service providers. there are sertain situations where monopolies are a great thing.
    Hrm. A comment like that may need some supporting evidence. How do you mean? Fair competition tends to lead to better products for lower prices. And more employment. Good things imho.
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    Quote Originally Posted by benjamin20
    there is a disadvantage to multiple utility and similar service providers. there are sertain situations where monopolies are a great thing.
    Name one.

    Well I can see that you're from Florida, so I'll try to put this to you .......very...slowly.......

    A.....monopoly(and I don't mean the board game) is able to take advantage of people if there is no competition(aka Microsoft) and also allows this "monopoly" to give you poor service, support and quality(aka Microsoft) due to the fact that there is no alternative. This campaign encourages the use of fair competition that would also allow people to have better service and quality through the struggle to compete. What kind of moron(except for the monopoly) would object to this kind of thing? It's like your asking to get screwed over.
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    Good for you Tainted_Girl ... In general Linux people are against monopolies, and I would support this but I don't live in the USA.
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    lol. I was gonna at least give him a chance :P

    I dunno though - I've never looked into utilities or maybe resources with a fixed value. Like petroleum. OPEC is a cartel - which is a "shared monopoly" (no competition) - and they seem to be doing a pretty good job. I wouldn't like to see competition in an area like that. It would lead to more usage and lower prices.

    (No I'm not being sarcastic - I truly believe high gas prices are a good thing... get a hybrid!)
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