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District heating is common in northern Europe (and also in other continents, including North America). While in the richer countries, heat supply is a competitive market, in many central and eaastern European countries, including countries of the former Soviet Union, it is most often the only practicable source of heat for apartment-dwellers and is considered a public utility and regulated as such.

Contents 1 first sentence 2 Poorly chosen link 3 Internet service as a utility? 4 Look at the first source

[edit] first sentence

I think we should either remove the phrase 'in British English' or make it 'in British and American English', since the same usage is common in America.

[edit] Poorly chosen link

"Publicly owned" here links to public company, but that is an article on companies with publicly traded stock, not on municipally or cooperatively owned companies. - Jmabel | Talk 16:13, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Internet service as a utility?

What is the state of evolving law wrt internet service as a public utility? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.80.68 (talk) 14:02, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Look at the first source

The first source is an organization that is of dubious credibility when it comes to rationalizing privatization of utilities. The three organizations behind this source are PPIAF, PURC, The World Bank. At least two out of these three organizations can be questioned and may be perceived to have a vested interest.

The citation should be qualified that this is not a definitive argument, and that in many countries state owned utilities are as or more efficient than private utilities. Think about private water in South America... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.223.186.70 (talk) 23:55, 5 June 2009 (UTC)