[Info-vax] OT: Private versus government owned?

[Paul Sture]

On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:50:25 +0000, ChrisQ wrote:

> I think there's a good argument for *all* essential services to be in
> public hands, to ensure that consumers get a fair deal. It stops the
> sort of rip off we have in the uk, where water, sewerage, gas and 
> electricity users are at the mercy of large multinationals,whose only
> responsibility is to their shareholders and can never be trusted to do
> the right thing.

Not entirely. I recall it taking a minimum of 6 months to get a phone
into a house that already had a line into it.

> Some may call that "socialism", but how else do you prevent monopoly
> exploitation ?...

How about _effective_ anti-monopoly laws?

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Paul Sture