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" France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. They had a habit of, let's say, getting along with each other, and the prices traditionally were very high. "

Xavier Niel

Along

Habit

High

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France

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Amazon

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Experience

American

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" The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?' "

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Create

Always

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