Those are very different situations. Intel has held a technological advantage and, up until recently, no one could compete with them so they could command their price. With ISPs there is a huge capital investment cost, and with EVs there are supply chain issues limiting capacity and commanding higher costs.
With last-mile internet, the incumbents have made significant capital investments and competitors have so far been unwilling to engage in the sort of long term slow return investment necessary to build out infrastructure. Google Fiber has tried all means to lower the cost of entry and has thus far failed to deliver significant gains and they're unwilling to make the huge capital investments necessary to truly compete because ensuing price wars would make realizing a return near impossible.
With BEVs the problem is manufacturing cost, primarily the cost of batteries needs to drop but the demand for EVs has not warranted dramatic ramp ups in battery manufacturing necessary for that to occur. The supply of suitable batteries is so limited that Jaguar and others have actually had to stop production.
> With last-mile internet, the incumbents have made significant capital investments and competitors have so far been unwilling to engage in the sort of long term slow return investment necessary to build out infrastructure.
I wish it were that simple. Unfortunately, the incumbents in a lot of places have done so much to make it appear like there is competition when there really isn’t, to prevent localities from allowing new entrants.
With last-mile internet, the incumbents have made significant capital investments and competitors have so far been unwilling to engage in the sort of long term slow return investment necessary to build out infrastructure. Google Fiber has tried all means to lower the cost of entry and has thus far failed to deliver significant gains and they're unwilling to make the huge capital investments necessary to truly compete because ensuing price wars would make realizing a return near impossible.
With BEVs the problem is manufacturing cost, primarily the cost of batteries needs to drop but the demand for EVs has not warranted dramatic ramp ups in battery manufacturing necessary for that to occur. The supply of suitable batteries is so limited that Jaguar and others have actually had to stop production.