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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Public utilities. After deregulation, I started getting bombarded by offers to deliver the same gas through the same pipes at cheaper rates, the same phone calls over the same lines cheaper (and remember long distance "slamming"?). Sure, you might get cheaper service for a few months, but the constant monitoring/switching to make sure you aren't getting screwed just isn't worth the pennies you could save if you stay on top of it all.
Granted, those were legal monopolies that were overseen by government, but yeah... I dream of returning to the days of one gas company and one long-distance phone service. That was heaven.
And sports.
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20 years ago it cost $2 a minute to call the UK from North America, and there weren't any deals available. Today I can get plans to call for 2 cents a minute or less. There are plenty of alternatives available if a supplier decides to up its rates and they know it, no one has tried to jack up my rates for over three years.
You really think this has nothing to do with losing the telco monopoly? I save a lot more than pennies. "One long-distance phone service" is Dante's Ninth Circle.