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You could have a situation where the government mandates net neutrality and at the same time compensates the likes of Comcast in some way (recognising their role as public utility and basically sanctioning their monopoly, but without taking over their operations entirely). You could have an anti-monopolistic legal action that splits Comcast but prevents Level3 from taking over / being present in that market. Etc etc...

There are many ways to skin an onion, and full-scale nationalisation is probably the least likely outcome (cash-strapped governments don't need another headache right now). In fact, the real problem here is that one player is leveraging a monopolistic position; remove that position, and the Free Market should start working its magic again.



> time compensates the likes of Comcast in some way

Serious question, how would one find the exact sum with which Comcast should be compensated in the absence of a functional market?


Analyse the available facts and make a best guess, just like we do with private companies operating as regulated monopolies in e.g. water supply.


Comcast already enjoys a physical government granted monopoly of the 'cable' access rights to their customers.




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