News Story Beware of Comcast's Growing Power

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Sun, 12/20/2009 - 14:17

I write a lot of about the battle among large technology corporations in this space and the importance of competitive checks and balances.

Yet Comcast seems to be growing into a super power with control over the very pipes that provide many of us with internet access, but without any real competition and often with government support.

Most places in this country get internet access through one or at most two providers. That kind of concentration of power is...


 

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