[lewislynn]

sigh...Let's say I have a product. I want customers to get to my product. Why? Because I want to sell my product and make money.How do I do that? I make access to my product as easy as possible. If I have a toll road, I am going to provide access roads, and other roads, so that you can get to my toll road

sigh... But when I want to access someone elses toll road from one of your access roads for a different destination I'll be routed out of my way, then have to pay for the inconvenience by way of YOURs and who knows how many other toll roads.

[billbears]

But when I want to access someone elses toll road from one of your access roads for a different destination I'll be routed out of my way, then have to pay for the inconvenience by way of YOURs and who knows how many other toll roads.

More than likely not. If I own a company I'm going to make access to my road easy as possible. That means cooperation between companies as well as the competition (i.e. connecting roads between 'products'). Competiting railroad companies in the 1900s would have made their rails different scales and no connections to prevent companies from transferring product on competitors rail systems if your argument was valid