Comments on: Does America Need A Government-Run Cellular Network? /tech/2011/09/does-america-need-a-government-run-cellular-network/ Sat, 15 Jul 2017 19:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Jenkins /tech/2011/09/does-america-need-a-government-run-cellular-network/#comment-4420 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:11:00 +0000 /?p=6646&post_type=tech#comment-4420 “The market will take care of itself” is a nonsense argument when the number of players in the market is small. The carriers are an oligopoly. When you have only a few players — there are only four major wireless carriers — you need more regulation.

]]> By: James Campbell /tech/2011/09/does-america-need-a-government-run-cellular-network/#comment-3020 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:11:00 +0000 /?p=6646&post_type=tech#comment-3020 Market regulation? Maybe. 

Government creation of a market? Absolutely not.

]]> By: Anonymous /tech/2011/09/does-america-need-a-government-run-cellular-network/#comment-3018 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:55:00 +0000 /?p=6646&post_type=tech#comment-3018 Sometimes regulation is necessary to make industry better. Neither the government nor the free market should exist in a vacuum or we end up with horrendous things like anti-trusts, malicious corporate activity, and things like Enron in which a deregulated energy industry almost destroyed California’s infrastructure because of some profit-happy creeps. You need a happy marriage of both.

]]> By: RickF /tech/2011/09/does-america-need-a-government-run-cellular-network/#comment-3017 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:25:00 +0000 /?p=6646&post_type=tech#comment-3017 Are you nuts?  More government regulation? The market will take care of it. Leave it at that. 

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