Thursday, January 10, 2008
Pot calling out the kettle
If you live in a Comcast market, you have no doubt suffered through their commercials making fun of the "The Big Old Telephone Company" for its monopolistic abuses. This is the pot calling the kettle black: The big old monopolistic cable company has no business making fun of the phone company. For the most part, each is a virtual monopoly for standard service. Ignoring overbuilds, customers have a single choice for landline phones and combination cable/broadband, at least until fiber to the home is a reality.
