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> The ISPs only have a monopoly because

They have a lot of money.

They can out lobby you. They can undercut your pricing. And they cut "selectively upgrade" areas that would be profitable to come into.

Google couldn't cut through them. Mainly because as soon as Google threatened to come somewhere *WHOA MAGIC! POOF!" and the ISPs suddenly had orders of magnitude more bandwidth for half the price. Funny that.



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