The free market ain't free (Reply #18)

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 09:27 AM

OLDMDDEM (1,411 posts)

18. The free market ain't free

The RWs will tell you that this is the best way to make something work in the marketplace. Well, the free market isn't free and will cost you an arm and a leg if you let it.

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55 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why is broadband more expensive in the US ? [View all]	dipsydoodle	Oct 2013	OP
Because we're sheople when it comes to communications.	marble falls	Oct 2013	#1
Because the corporations that write the laws made it so.	marmar	Oct 2013	#2
Yep ,,,,same reason drugs	Cryptoad	Oct 2013	#31
we have monopolies...	spanone	Oct 2013	#3
No we don't.....	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#5
political monopolies	reddread	Oct 2013	#7
oh yes we do...	spanone	Oct 2013	#8
good point, local search here	steve2470	Oct 2013	#9
If by dozens, you mean two.	progressoid	Oct 2013	#28
Uh, no.	jeff47	Oct 2013	#43
In Arkansas, at least, if you don't have a landline	Art_from_Ark	Oct 2013	#49
You need to differentiate wired and wireless	ehrnst	Oct 2013	#12
Yep, developing countries never went through a wired phase	sammytko	Oct 2013	#23
Answered three years ago, hasn't really changed...	JHB	Oct 2013	#4
"the phone company, which uses older telephone lines"	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2013	#15
they will replace aged infrastructure cabling with wireless	reddread	Oct 2013	#16
Fiber optic cables aren't widespread except for cities.	Dash87	Oct 2013	#21
??????	Niceguy1	Oct 2013	#46
80.7% of the U.S. population lives in cities (and metro areas)	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2013	#50
Interesting. Does Comcast also update the connection to houses?	Dash87	Oct 2013	#55
FiOS isn't widely available even today.	AtheistCrusader	Oct 2013	#42
I live in a hi-rise and literally just got a notice on my door today	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2013	#53
+1	jsr	Oct 2013	#22
Because private companies are allowed to make their own rules.	Mass	Oct 2013	#6
How is Magic Jack working these days?	DebJ	Oct 2013	#26
It works well for us. I use it to call both the States and Europe, and we have no problems and it	Mass	Oct 2013	#27
thanks	DebJ	Oct 2013	#29
I've run into problems when calling another VoIP service.	jeff47	Oct 2013	#44
I use Basic Talk	xmas74	Oct 2013	#51
I wish we the people could come up with a way to get free, or minimal-cost	xfundy	Oct 2013	#10
Would the employees paychecks decrease also?	sammytko	Oct 2013	#24
That great republican theme "PRIVATIZATION"	liberal N proud	Oct 2013	#11
Part and parcel of Saint Ronnie's divestiture to escape the socialist dangers of universal access.	freshwest	Oct 2013	#17
++++++	fadedrose	Oct 2013	#19
All of the above.	seabeckind	Oct 2013	#13
Addendum	seabeckind	Oct 2013	#14
+1	Egalitarian Thug	Oct 2013	#45
The free market ain't free	OLDMDDEM	Oct 2013	#18
It's also much slower.	Dash87	Oct 2013	#20
Tell me about it	spinbaby	Oct 2013	#30
this past week were some interesting hearings carried on cspan	dembotoz	Oct 2013	#25
Why is medical care so expensive compared to peer nations?	davekriss	Oct 2013	#32
Related Sam Sam Seder Majority Report podcast from February...	JHB	Oct 2013	#33
While I would love for my broadband Internet to be less expensive,	NCTraveler	Oct 2013	#34
3g and 4g access also	JCMach1	Oct 2013	#35
Because we're more free.	beerandjesus	Oct 2013	#36
Because it's not government subsidized and our taxes are lower...	bobclark86	Oct 2013	#37
Density?	One_Life_To_Give	Oct 2013	#38
Corruption.	truebluegreen	Oct 2013	#39
Because "Maximizing Shareholder Value", that's why. nt	lumberjack_jeff	Oct 2013	#40
Similar thing for outside urban areas.	mwooldri	Oct 2013	#41
Because . . . Freedom!	Lex	Oct 2013	#47
Because the lawyers and the lobbyists working for ...	lpbk2713	Oct 2013	#48
Who do you think pays the salary of the M$M kings and queens?	Rex	Oct 2013	#52
Because we are a Corporate welfare state. nt	adirondacker	Oct 2013	#54

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