> IMHO the best way to do this is to force telcos to give each other access to their infrastructure at a reasonable price.
I believe this is what we in America had with dial-up and DSL up until about 2005, when DSL was reclassified as a title I information service. I seem to recall having a hell of a lot more ISP choices/competition in those days.
Yeah but they just plain don't like to invest in infastructure period. It is an expense which takes a long time to pay off and publicly traded corporations are heavily pressured to short-termism.
I believe this is what we in America had with dial-up and DSL up until about 2005, when DSL was reclassified as a title I information service. I seem to recall having a hell of a lot more ISP choices/competition in those days.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local-loop_unbundling