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Internet Prices Set To Spike!!!
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:02 pm
Prices in Canada are starting to change. They too passed a similar Usage regulation.
One company used to charge $31.00 for 200 gigs per month.
Now $37.00 only gets you 65gbs and $2.00 for every gig over.
Old Plan
200gbs $31.00
New Plan
200gbs $231.00
frick The FCC. They sure are looking after the consumer.
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One company used to charge $31.00 for 200 gigs per month.
Now $37.00 only gets you 65gbs and $2.00 for every gig over.
Old Plan
200gbs $31.00
New Plan
200gbs $231.00
frick The FCC. They sure are looking after the consumer.
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Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:13 pm to TigerMyth36
Oh boy, that looks real shitty.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:13 pm to TigerMyth36
What stupid asses on here were for this piece of shite power grab legislation????
This post was edited on 1/31/11 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:17 pm to Freauxzen
I'm sure even seeing these prices some on here will tell us the companies deserve to bilk the public with their monopolies.
Hopefully the people in Canada dump that damn dsl company and force them to kill that plan.
$32 bucks to over $200.00 is just insane. I'm not sure how much I use per month, but I bet it is easily 150 gbs.
Hopefully the people in Canada dump that damn dsl company and force them to kill that plan.
$32 bucks to over $200.00 is just insane. I'm not sure how much I use per month, but I bet it is easily 150 gbs.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:19 pm to TigerMyth36
It's easy to sell "unlimited" internet when most people have no realistic way to take advantage of the offer. That plan was never going to stay. I'm not saying they aren't trying to screw us, but the mainstreaming of streaming video has changed the equation. More data used means more capacity is needed. Someone has to pay for increasing and maintaining the systems. $200 is excessive though.
This post was edited on 1/31/11 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:22 pm to TigerMyth36
does this mean we're set for some sort of porn apocalypse where I can't open up 15 different tabs at once and have to settle for only 3-5 at a time?
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:25 pm to TigerinATL
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but the mainstreaming of streaming video has changed the equation. More data used means more capacity is needed. Someone has to pay for increasing and maintaining the systems. $200 is excessive though.
It's not like this came out of the blue though either.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:30 pm to Leauxgan
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does this mean we're set for some sort of porn apocalypse where I can't open up 15 different tabs at once and have to settle for only 3-5 at a time?
This is what im worried about
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:38 pm to Freauxzen
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It's not like this came out of the blue though either.
I'm not sure how that matters. Usage patterns have changed and now the providers feel pressure to change prices. Are you saying that back in the day they should have set prices higher than the usage justified because changing prices is apparently a traumatic experience for posters to the movie/tv board?
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:43 pm to TigerinATL
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I'm not sure how that matters.
Lagging behind in the building of infrastructure. We are way behind other developed countries in terms of internet speeds.
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Usage patterns have changed and now the providers feel pressure to change prices. Are you saying that back in the day they should have set prices higher than the usage justified because changing prices is apparently a traumatic experience for posters to the movie/tv board?
I'm saying they should have said, "Hey, look streaming video is more and more popular, maybe we need to prepare to you know, support it."
The problem: The monopolistic practices of cable companies, they are going to gouge customers, because the customer has no choice. It's completely unfair.
That is of course if you think this was technologies fault for moving to fast, thereby changing usage, and not the companies fault for lagging sorely behind.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 3:00 pm to Freauxzen
Plus, this isn't some 10 or 15 percent increase in price.
This is a 645% increase.
If congress allows this to happen, I will have one more reason to kick them out of office.
Companies with a monopoly or at minimum an oligopoly should not be allowed to make 645% increases to price without proof of massive losses.
This is a 645% increase.
If congress allows this to happen, I will have one more reason to kick them out of office.
Companies with a monopoly or at minimum an oligopoly should not be allowed to make 645% increases to price without proof of massive losses.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 3:04 pm to TigerMyth36
I mean do they really want people to stop using the internet? That's all this does. Makes people use the internet less.
I saw this in the comments of the article, but "Nationalized pipes," scary thought, but better than a 645% increase in price.
I saw this in the comments of the article, but "Nationalized pipes," scary thought, but better than a 645% increase in price.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 3:06 pm to Freauxzen
It's almost a full circle...the original AOL charged like this for dial-up (very similar, at least). This is dumb 
Posted on 1/31/11 at 3:10 pm to gjackx
Back to the olden times of spending $6.00 a hour for compuserve to play telengard.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 3:15 pm to Freauxzen
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The problem: The monopolistic practices of cable companies, they are going to gouge customers, because the customer has no choice. It's completely unfair.
No doubt that's a big part of the problem.
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That is of course if you think this was technologies fault for moving to fast, thereby changing usage, and not the companies fault for lagging sorely behind.
Lagging sorely behind who? You're right, all of the regional monopolies are a big part of the problem.
Eatel might be as good of an example as you'll find in this space of a provider that is more mom and pop than mega corp. I don't know if they have usage caps, but their most expensive data plan is 60Mbps for $99 per month. They have a mostly fiber optic network that they did have the foresight to deploy ahead of time. So I would probably hold that $99 price up as an example of a fair price for an all you can download type of account.
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