@cjd ran across this...
CAbLe MErgERs And MoNopolies - Stanford Center for ...cyberlaw.stanford.edu › http://stanford.edu › Cable_mergers
Apr 29, 2020 - the cable industry “the most persistent monopoly in the American ... a = antitrust practice finds monopolies as firms with market share in the 65% to 75% range. Thus, HHIs in ... routing is an approach to managing traffic flows that allows the network ... ture, MontPIRG, New York Citizens Utility Board, NC PIRG, North Carolina.

@cjd Is it for a masters, a doctoral, or pursuit with an eye for an envisioned or unfolding business pursuit?

There many other, many more players in the network infrastructure data lines, data centers than...GAFA http://www.ntia.doc.gov › files › ntia › ntia_privacy_comments
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Nov 9, 2018 -... negative effects that stem from those weaknesses, and offers several proposals for how to strengthen ... the cybersecurity of all “common carriers,” while the FTC ... if only Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA) - ... there is L3/GlobalCrossing, CTBC; Algar Telecom; Intelig; Neovia; Claro; Nextel...

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@cjd the hurdle for a new entry is exasperated by the voluminous and likely draconian regulations of each municipality, county, and State, plus the thousand of fed agencies' standards that violations can cause stiff fines, plus the actual fed laws... who has the staying power to build a new competitive regional or coast-to-coast or global-regional or full global network? Amazon is launching its own thousands of tiny mini-satellites to create a network. There may be some others.

@[email protected] and for all who are interested in getting Ubuntu basic tips - and applicable to most Linux. Tips that slip past many but prove valuable..."if only people advised me of that when i started..." Tips. This is a CALL FOR BEST ADVISEMENT TIPS, top 4 or 5, or top 15. I'll start with three: (3b)
Don't look for Nirvana in a certain LINUX distribution, in any certain LINUX distribution. Get advisement about what will be good for you for what you do. Learn it well, instead of hopping often

@[email protected] and for all who are interested in getting Ubuntu basic tips - and applicable to most Linux - tips that slip past many but prove valuable..."if only people advised me of that when i started..." Tips. This is a CALL FOR BEST ADVISEMENT TIPS, top 4 or 5, or top 15. I'll start with three: (3)Pick a well-liked widely used distribution (version-type) such as Ubuntu... and dive deep into the use of your Ubuntu (or other) -don't look for Nirvana in a distribution; OK to try 2nd, even 3rd

@[email protected] and for all who are interested in GETting Ubuntu basic tips - and applicable to most Linux - tips that slip past many but prove valuable..."if only people advised me of that when i started..." Tips. This is a CALL FOR BEST ADVISEMENT TIPS, top 4 or 5, or top 15. I'll start with three: (2) Make a user account or several and mostly work in a normal user account and SU just when necessary. It is good for security. It is good as a habit for work and expert situations. (SU is to elev.)

@[email protected] and for all who are interested in GETting Ubuntu basic tips - and applicable to most Linux - tips that slip past many but prove valuable..."if only people advised me of that when i started..." Tips. This is a CALL FOR BEST ADVISEMENT TIPS, top 4 or 5, or top 15. I'll start with three: (1) See if others are successful with a certain model HP or Toshiba or ASUS or other brand, and a certain Linux, to avoid difficulties of trying to get an odd PC to run a certain Linux. (2) mostly ...

@airbagmoments Be mindful please, and observant, watchful, aware, that what is easily seen may not be all that is to be seen. The two major older dominant American political parties, R. and D., may be close (less disparate) at the national level, closer and similar rather than different and distant. Less different, and providing an appearance of significant choice. There is terribly excess federal government rule, law, Exec. order now. Advocate liberty at the local, St., fed. levels STRIDENTLY.