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RE: "The public" has no power when confronted with monopolies. nt

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In Reply to: RE: "The public" has no power when confronted with monopolies. nt posted by tinear on July 21, 2014 at 10:41:01

I disagree first that DTV is a monopoly, there is Dish network and other cable companies probably doing the same or similar things. I also think it is apathetic to think we are powerless over companies that do these things. Can you imagine the impact in just 60 days if only half of their subscribers boycotted them? The biggest problem I see is theses companies don't have enough CSR's to handle people calling to cancel. Also if you have ever called a subscription serviced to cancel in the modern era...........

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Okay, let's call it an oligopoly or a cartel, if you prefer. Collusion is easy when it's only - tinear 12:21:51 07/21/14 (3)
a few that control the market.
Consumers will revolt, i.e. the Netflix blowback a few years ago, but it's rare in this context.
"It is what it is." That's the clich� that obtains.
The problem is lack of competition, same as internet speed. Can you imagine Americans, even 10%, canceling their accounts because they're fed up with the lack of speed relative to all other developed nations? No.
The idea that the US has this great competitive playing field is so ingrained it's non-arguable.
Meanwhile, the sucker/consumer takes it in the shorts--- and many, of course, blame the gubbermint.
- RE: Okay, let's call it an oligopoly or a cartel, if you prefer. Collusion is easy when it's only - Awe-d-o-file 13:55:41 07/21/14 (2)
  While I like the gist of your points the Internet doesn't work for me as a comparison as people communicate through it. But someday we will drop apathy and laziness and face the fact that we hold the purse strings and do something instead of hoping someone like the gubbermint will. They are in the pockets of business.
  
  ET
  - I like the optimism, but we are at a crossroads here. - free.ranger 18:24:59 07/21/14 (1)
    This is a critical place in American history; a make it or break it place right now. When the supremes rule that corporations are people, and can pick and choose what health issues it agrees to cover for employees, then it looks like snake eyes -- we're history. Purse strings are not the controls.
    
    But the 60's were good in many ways, providing grassroots movements that carried clout for awhile. Political philosophers note that those ideals did not disappear; they skip to alternating generations to take root, which is the one coming along now. The current right wing policies in this country, the ones that make individuals powerless, will be short-lived if these thinkers are right. And I think they are.
    - RE: I like the optimism, but we are at a crossroads here. - Awe-d-o-file 16:06:00 07/23/14 (0)
      Here here, couldn't agree more.
      
      ET

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