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[deleted] t1_iw3ckvr wrote

Reply to comment by No-Lunch4249 in What is the best company for single person internet and phone in Hampden? by hotdoggingjukes

AFAIK comcast has or had a noncompete in Baltimore for cable tv, which meant no one else was going to lay fiber for internet since they wouldn’t be able to sell tv too

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No-Lunch4249 t1_iw3efd6 wrote

Fairly certain that the cable TV franchising agreement is also non exclusive, but they do have the effect of dampening competition because the government (in this case Baltimore City) is basically saying “this is our preferred provider.”

IIRC Verizon and the city couldn’t come to a deal on a franchise agreement that would have coexisted with Comcast’s, and that’s why FiOS in Baltimore died

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todareistobmore t1_iw3m0az wrote

No, it's really just the natural monopoly. The buildings that have FIOS service in Baltimore get TV through FIOS too. The problem is that Comcast already provides service to every residence in the city, and their network rollout is long since paid for.

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