The key word there is if (in the first sentence). I doubt it.
Telcos/ISPs are headed the way of utility companies. They are natural oligopolies because the barrier to entry is too huge for there to be many competitors and it's in everyone's interest to have them functioning well and at least partially profitable, so don't be surprised if they get subsidized or even nationalized.
The companies that pick up one's garbage happen to be cities in most cases. So as stated above, here you might even be right--if by irrelevant you mean, that we take them for granted yet are still extremely important (eg, without electricity we would have little, without garbage services we would die sooner, etc...)
Telcos/ISPs are headed the way of utility companies. They are natural oligopolies because the barrier to entry is too huge for there to be many competitors and it's in everyone's interest to have them functioning well and at least partially profitable, so don't be surprised if they get subsidized or even nationalized.
The companies that pick up one's garbage happen to be cities in most cases. So as stated above, here you might even be right--if by irrelevant you mean, that we take them for granted yet are still extremely important (eg, without electricity we would have little, without garbage services we would die sooner, etc...)