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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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Who sells Katana in Canada?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bryce Hiller" data-source="post: 274993" data-attributes="member: 18969"><p>It's not perfect because it's a complete falsehood. I have 4+ options for cable/internet where I live. And that's in a rural town. Everywhere I've ever lived, I've had at least two choices. But there are areas where you only 1 or 2 options. Wanna know why? Government regulation. Companies have either been granted exclusive rights from local governments or the regulation makes it far too expensive for competition to start up. Same with utilities. Fortunately, this is changing. Especially with mobile hotspots and the like. Competition drives prices through the floor. </p><p></p><p>As for monopolies (of which, there really are very few in the United States, if any),in a free market, they only exist when they provide the best product for the cheapest price. Either way, the consumer wins. Granted that's in a truly free market, which doesn't exist in either the US or Canada unfortunately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bryce Hiller, post: 274993, member: 18969"] It's not perfect because it's a complete falsehood. I have 4+ options for cable/internet where I live. And that's in a rural town. Everywhere I've ever lived, I've had at least two choices. But there are areas where you only 1 or 2 options. Wanna know why? Government regulation. Companies have either been granted exclusive rights from local governments or the regulation makes it far too expensive for competition to start up. Same with utilities. Fortunately, this is changing. Especially with mobile hotspots and the like. Competition drives prices through the floor. As for monopolies (of which, there really are very few in the United States, if any),in a free market, they only exist when they provide the best product for the cheapest price. Either way, the consumer wins. Granted that's in a truly free market, which doesn't exist in either the US or Canada unfortunately. [/QUOTE]
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