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Because telecoms have this government supported oligopoly.

It's always been fascinating to me how we have this parallel infrastructure between the open internet and the locked down telecoms. The free for all that is the internet has evolved much more robust protocols, but the telecoms continue to operate in their own parallel problem space, solving a lot of the same problems.

They also fight tooth and nail to prevent being dumb pipes.




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