[CornFed]

[quote='garvin link' dateline='1461699670']

There has never been a free market in cable television. Cities treated cable TV as if it were a public utility and granted monopolies in return for substantial franchise fees. If my city allowed competition between multiple cable systems, I would bet dollars to mini-donuts that we'd have at least one company offering its channels unbundled. Then we'd see what buyers really would prefer.

Exactly so.  The aspects that would characterize a free market are almost entirely non-existent in many industries and other areas in the U.S.

[CornFed]

[quote='garvin link' dateline='1461699670']

There has never been a free market in cable television. Cities treated cable TV as if it were a public utility and granted monopolies in return for substantial franchise fees. If my city allowed competition between multiple cable systems, I would bet dollars to mini-donuts that we'd have at least one company offering its channels unbundled. Then we'd see what buyers really would prefer.

Exactly so.  The aspects that would characterize a free market are almost entirely non-existent in many industries and other areas in the U.S.