It seems a monopoly is being demanded, never a good thing for consumers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5270492.stmDeutsche Telekom has locked horns with Brussels over proposals to force it to open up a 3bn euro (£2bn) high-speed internet network to its competitors.
The European Commission is expected to back plans by Germany's own telecoms regulator to address what it sees as Deutsche Telekom's market dominance.
Deutsche Telekom insists that with new products like internet TV the service should not be forced to open up.
The German company has threatened to cease development of the service if it is subject to official regulation
Deutsche Telekom has German government support for its stand.
I have to ask why the government is prepared to allow such a monopoly of a network, after all its going to take considerable investment to deliver services and infrastructure for the network anyway and competition is great in allowing economies of scale in equipment manufacture that benefits all in the long run, unless of course you view conumers as "cows" to be milked by a monopoly concern that answers to nobody and can abuse their position to ignore calls for any change..
