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ISP announces 86% slowdown "in line with others"

Altice wins the race to the bottom.

 
Cory Doctorow
 

Cory Doctorow

 

1 day ago*4 min read

 
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The surging anti-monopoly movement has been greeted with skepticism
from the left, some of whom suspect the whole thing is merely
fetishizing competition for its own sake, irrespective of whether
competing businesses produce value for their workers, communities and
customers.

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