
England's Water Companies: Up Schitt's Creek Again
A Long Time In Finance
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Exactly What Happened With Bt Wholesale and Broadband in the UK?
The further up the public consciousness this problem gets, the more pressure there is on the water companies to take it seriously. The suggestion i was putting out there was to adopt a variation of what took place with b t and broadband in this country in the late 19 ithese early two thousands. You don't nationalize the companies, you nationalize the info structure. That does two things, allows the state to make the investment needed in the info structure,. potentially creating a huge asset, which could then be re privatized. And equally, at the same time, where it allows you to actually open up supply of water and sewage treatment to direct competition at a local level. Exactly what happened
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