07-22-2014, 04:19 AM
We need to write the PUC, the Gov., and the Federal entities that will be able to help break this monopoly.
It was these Federal/State agencies that created the monopoly in the first place, so I expect little (meaning: no) help from them.
Unfortunately, some services (power grid, telcom, water, sewer) lend themselves to a "natural monopoly". Ideally, the infrastructure itself should be public and accountable to the taxpayers. This doesn't always work; California learned an expensive lesson there.
It was these Federal/State agencies that created the monopoly in the first place, so I expect little (meaning: no) help from them.
Unfortunately, some services (power grid, telcom, water, sewer) lend themselves to a "natural monopoly". Ideally, the infrastructure itself should be public and accountable to the taxpayers. This doesn't always work; California learned an expensive lesson there.