Re: What should be Nationalised *VS* Privatized?

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:50:42 +0100, peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Peter_Bj=F8rn_Perls=F8?=) wrote:

<royls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:00:36 +0100, peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Peter_Bj=F8rn_Perls=F8?=) wrote:

<royls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:25:23 -0500, Bob Kolker <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

royls@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Well, for one thing, land-line telephone and power systems are
likewise natural monopolies. It makes no economic sense to build two
systems to cover the same territory.

Not true. There have been towns with more than one cable system.

That doesn't mean it made any sense.

What do you mean? Does redundancy in some areas seem undesireable or
non-senical to you?

Two cable systems is obviously redundant.

Yes, but is it nonsensical, if it facilitates direct competition without
government intervention?

Sometimes competition makes sense, and sometimes it just makes waste.

-- Roy L
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