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re: FCC Plans to Fine AT&T $100 Million Over Capping of Unlimited Plans
Posted on 6/18/15 at 3:07 pm to Box Geauxrilla
Posted on 6/18/15 at 3:07 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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That's the beauty of the free market.
That is the opposite of that. Rates are raised not because of free market, but because of government penalties.
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Posted on 6/18/15 at 4:20 pm to Modern
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Me keeping my unlimited data plan is the ONLY reason im still with at&t to this day.
If at&t forces me to give up my data plan for a 2-yr upgrade priced phone, im switching carriers in a heartbeat.
Same here.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 4:42 pm to BoatSchoolTiger
quote:
That's the beauty of the free market.
That is the opposite of that. Rates are raised not because of free market, but because of government penalties.
Somebody gets it....
Posted on 6/18/15 at 6:16 pm to CptBengal
No. They would be choosing to raise rates, not forced by government. Nobody told them to make billions off of their customers by breaking the law. They could take cuts elsewhere instead of raising rates, but if they do, the customers will leave.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 8:36 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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They could take cuts elsewhere instead of raising rates, but if they do, the customers will leave.
This is the reason they decided to lie to their customers in the first place.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 8:10 am to Box Geauxrilla
The stupid in your post is amazing.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 10:14 am to CptBengal
You break the rules, you get fined. Pay your fine and move on. If you choose to raise your prices after that, customers will move on. I don't understand the confusion here.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 10:31 am to Box Geauxrilla
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If you choose to raise your prices after that, customers will move on. I don't understand the confusion here.
This is what you dont understand.
The industry is now regulated like a utility. That creates a barrier to entry for NEW companies. It in a sense creates an artifical oligarchy.
Now, if they start paying fines, they will then raise their rates. So weill their competitors raise their rates...why? Because they can. there is no one else coming in the game that will undercut them.
This is why government regulated industries are NOT free markets.
But keep thinking this government regulation will make things better and cheaper. keep disregarding the fact government regulation has NEVER led to something becoming cheaper and better.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:39 am to AnonymousTiger
Posted on 6/20/15 at 7:39 pm to AnonymousTiger
This explains the text I got from ATT the other day saying my data speeds would be slow ! 
Posted on 6/20/15 at 9:19 pm to CptBengal
Holy hell, you spew so much biased bullshite while ignoring anything inconvenient false to your PT board narrative.
This post was edited on 6/20/15 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 6/21/15 at 4:13 am to taylork37
Do tell then...
What government regulated industry is cheaper and more effective than before regulation?
What government regulated industry is cheaper and more effective than before regulation?
Posted on 6/21/15 at 4:29 am to CptBengal
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by CptBengal
The stupid in your post is amazing.
The irony. You brain washed Rand Paul supporting libertarians are clueless. You can't seem to see past the libertarian utopia that is the PT board.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 5:02 am to Street Hawk
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You can't seem to see past the libertarian utopia that is the PT board.
And you can't seem to see past your overpriced cell phone plan simply because the government doesn't allow you to.
This:
is not good for competition. A lack of competition is not good for you.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 7:22 am to THRILLHO
What does that chart show? Market share? %of industry profits? Number of people?
That chart is useless.
That chart is useless.
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