Consumer goods and services.
But we're not in any danger of that, are we?
On the public vs private issue....
Can you imagine a PRIVATELY RUN SEWER system, with each house able to decide which company and what standard they want?
Recently while I was in the UK, they announced that the EU was forcing all mobile phone makers to adopt ONE standard for power cables. Now that saved consumers headaches and money.
CONZ will gladly impose the tyranny of the corporation, in which they have NO VOICE over government oversight, over which they DO have some control.