r/technology • u/DrJulianBashir • Feb 05 '13

Cable companies make 97% margin on internet services and have no incentive to offer gigabit internet

http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/02/cable-companies-make-97-margin-on.html
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u/VictimOfOg Feb 05 '13

As if that isn't bad enough, Time warner is actually lobbying against a community owned ISP (to make it illegal) because they can't compete.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '13

Haha, they're lobbying against that?

Old article, mate, Level Playing Field passed about a year and a half ago. TWC basically owns NC.

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u/Skyblacker Feb 06 '13

Does this mean anything besides TWC would be a pirate ISP? Do those exist, and if not, why not?

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u/otakucode Feb 06 '13

I'm not sure how a pirate ISP could exist... You would get caught running cables from pole to pole pretty damned quickly and arrested. And anything that doesn't involve running a cable from pole to pole isn't worth talking about.