The costs associated with laying infrastructure such as fiber-optic cables can be exorbitant, deterring new entrants. Geographic and demographic factors also influence the decision-making process; in
Is the fibre optic network a natural monopoly? Some people argue that the fixed communication network is an example of a natural monopoly – an
The cable industry, which now thinks of itself as the broadband industry (their annual convention was renamed the Internet and Television Expo),
Monopoly watchdogs call for more regulation and minimum standards for residential connections. In its 14th Sector Report on Telecommunications, published on Tuesday, the
Monopolies and Broadband Internet Access Millions of Americans still do not have a real choice when it comes to their Internet service. In urban areas, a relative majority can choose between two or more
ELI5: My cable provider has a monopoly on service in my neighborhood. This is the case throughout the US. How is this *not* anticompetitive behavior?
Regulating the cable industry will be messy and controversial but it is worth the journey — for consumers and citizens.
Some people in the telecoms industry like to compare the copper or fibre lines transmitting data under our feet to railways. They are both natural
The report explores the extent of monopoly control by the largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across the United States, and finds that most
Monopoly ISPs expanded their Fiber-to-the-Home networks only in areas where they faced competition, and rural Americans were left behind as a result. Our 2020 report, Profiles of
Today, Crawford is warning of a looming cable monopoly. To be sure, DOCSIS 3.0 technology has given cable a relatively low-cost upgrade path while
While monopolies often get the blame, part of the reason broadband costs are higher in the U.S. than in many parts of Europe and elsewhere is because of the financial considerations of
56 These cable networks are much better at providing high-speed downloads than uploads, but speeds in both directions tend to be far greater than those available from DSL.
When broadcast, voice, cable, and even newspapers are just indistinguishable bits flowing over a single, monopoly-provided fat pipe to the home, how should public goals of affordability, ubiquity, access to
The issue with BT Openreach highlights a significant barrier in the UK telecommunications industry. Openreach, a BT subsidiary, controls most of the
This Article proposes a new policy approach to the prob-lem of local monopoly in cable television. The proposal, in brief, is to cease treating cable television and telephone services as two different media
The success of the sea trial has broken the foreign monopoly, marking that Hengtong has the qualification to undertake international submarine optical cable projects worldwide.
The monopoly might be broken up, but it might have to happen one market at a time. That will take a while.
The 2020 edition of ILSR''s Profiles of Monopoly: Big Cable and Telecom report analyzes the latest data available from the Federal
Can regulation solve problems arising from a natural monopoly? This paper analyzes whether “unbundling,” referring to regulations that enforce sharing of natural monopolistic infrastructure,
FIGHTING MONOPOLY POWER Corporate control over our broadband — an essential public infrastructure — is leaving many of us disconnected,
Verizon''s ambitious plans to roll out a high-speed fiber optic network have ground to a halt. For households that want high-capacity Internet access at the highest speeds, there is no
Download Profiles of Monopoly: Big Cable and Telecom to read this report filled with maps that provide revealing visualizations about the status of broadband competition in the U.S.
The internet monopoly map pictured above shows which states have the most and least internet competition. The best states for internet competition
Those who assert that cable television is a natural monopoly focus on its economies of scale; that is, its large fixed costs whose duplication by multiple companies would be inefficient and wasteful.
Ownership of cable routes enables dominant players—especially hyperscale tech companies—to monetize global data flows, prioritize their
We tour a North Carolina plant where melted glass is pulled into the hair-like strands that power fiber-optic cable.
Understand how internet and cable monopolies limit provider choice, raise monthly bills, and reduce service quality for households and small businesses.
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