> the government broke up the monopoly and forced competition into the market by...

		assafmo on Aug 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (F... > the government broke up the monopoly and forced competition into the market by making existing players share infrastructure. Yeah, this was excellent for 4G prices (I'm paying $8/mo for 40 GB), but now telecom companies are wary of installing 5G infrastructure, because they are forced to share it with other service providers who did not have to invest millions in new 5G infrastructure.

The same exact claims were made about 4G. Even if it delayed 4G by a year or two, it was well worth it.