Comment on Please ban data caps, Internet users tell FCC
millie@beehaw.org 3 weeks agoWeird way to frame it! Is this post sponsored by Comcast?
Comment on Please ban data caps, Internet users tell FCC
millie@beehaw.org 3 weeks agoWeird way to frame it! Is this post sponsored by Comcast?
spoonbill@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Comcast would be quite unhappy with me as I’m arguing against monopolies, and for consumer choice.
Consider two companies, A and B.
A offers capless at e.g. $50/mo, and B offers capped at $40/mo.
Now B can no longer offer capped, and they have to raise prices to $55 to invest in better networking. A is cheaper, and pushes B out of the market. Now A is alone, and due to it’s monopoly position raises prices to $60.
End result: Your capless connection now costs $10/mo more, and some people even end up paying $20/mo more for internet.
Yay?
Reducing competition helps the ISPs, not consumers, yet somehow I’m the shill?