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Originally Posted by Ekaros
I think it comes to fact that you are forced to lease the copper cables for other providers. And that prevents monopoly, which brings general price level done or keep it in check, this atleast for Finland. For mobile competition and working together I believe.
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That's right. In the UK, British Telecom own the copper network, but they operate as a wholesaler and lease access to the network to any ISP. British Telecom are themselves an ISP, but they lease network bandwidth from BT Wholesale at the same rates as anybody else.