• Something Burger 🍔
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    17 hours ago

    I like nationalising industries, but here in France, privatizing France Telecom made Internet and phone prices much lower.

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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      16 hours ago

      Only because it is highly regulated. The FAIs have to allow everyone access to the network. Free wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for that.

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        16 hours ago

        True, but nothing was stopping the public company from lowering their prices and improving their service.

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          4 hours ago

          You mean in the like nineties?

          But how could they fight against the state controlled monopoly making stuff like this !

          Jk, fun times actually