# Professor Nicholas Economides comments on competition and service in the telecommunications industry

1 Faculty News September 6, 2018 ![AZCentral logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/azcentral192x144.jpg?itok=0Drnv2T3)>

Excerpt from [AZCentral](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2018/09/06/internet-service-slower-than-should-youre-not-alone/957149002/) -- "'In most parts of the country, there are only one or two providers,' Economides, the NYU economist, said. 'That's very little competition actually, and that's one of the reasons why prices are high. If you only have two companies, and you're dissatisfied with one, you have to go to the other. You might be dissatisfied with both.'"

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