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refurbtoday at 3:59 AM2 repliesview on HN

It has nothing to do with competition. You could have as many competitors as possible and no one is going to put a cell tower up in a remote location.


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sensanatytoday at 8:01 AM

I've been on tiny Indonesian islands far from anything that could be considered civilization, and they'll have cell towers more often than not.

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downrightmiketoday at 6:00 AM

It has everything to do with the lack of competition. US tax payers paid $4 billion to AT&T in 2004 for fiber to -every- home. And that was never delivered, yet they keep getting more money. This is regulatory capture.

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