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[jessaustin]

What would stop backbone operators from doing that? I'd guess the same thing that's stopping them from doing it now: actual competition. The monopolists are only a problem at the edge.

[avar → jessaustin]

This situation partially exists on the backbone in the form of paid peering.

[jessaustin → avar]

"Paid peering" is an oxymoron.