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Topic	Y'know by cutting taxes you reduce services, right?
Zeus 12/25/17 12:16:01 AM #27:	adjl posted... Zeus posted... However, when you have a monopoly (including when the government is the only provider), quality tends to go down since there's no competition. Case-in-point would be ISPs. Internet quality being low isn't just a consequence of a lack of competition, it's a consequence of how profitable it is to keep consumers used to poor quality service. It's very easy for ISP's to offer periodic upgrades when they're only offering a fraction of the performance they're actually capable of, which they continue doing not just because of a lack of competition, but because of collusion within the oligopoly to maximize everyone's profits. Toss in the conflict of interests between Internet provision and cable, and you've got a recipe for awful service. However, competition wouldn't allow them to go that route. Collusion directly allows them to offer shittier service and pocket more money themselves. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:892825054] in Y'know by ... [t:76131094]...</cite> <quote><cite>adjl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>However, when you have a monopoly (including when the government is the only provider), quality tends to go down since there's no competition. Case-in-point would be ISPs.</quote> Internet quality being low isn't just a consequence of a lack of competition, it's a consequence of how profitable it is to keep consumers used to poor quality service. It's very easy for ISP's to offer periodic upgrades when they're only offering a fraction of the performance they're actually capable of, which they continue doing not just because of a lack of competition, but because of collusion within the oligopoly to maximize everyone's profits. Toss in the conflict of interests between Internet provision and cable, and you've got a recipe for awful service.</quote> However, competition wouldn't allow them to go that route. Collusion directly allows them to offer shittier service and pocket more money themselves. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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