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FCC Chairman Says It’s Okay to Be Charged for the Amount of Broadband You Use

wilwheaton:

Mr. Genachowski said tiered pricing, will “increase consumer choice and competition” and yield in “lower prices for people who consume less broadband.” Although, as Electronista notes, “he did not clarify what mechanism would drive prices down.”

Public interest groups have decried the potential impact broadband data caps will have on the market and innovation, not to mention the biases baked in the plans. Comcast, for example, counts Netflix video into its data plan, but lets its own XFinity service stream away.

 …“increase consumer choice and competition”… yeah, that’s exactly what will happen. I mean, except for how that’s not what’s going to happen, at all.

  1. jamesskaar reblogged this from ileolai and added:
    the isp’s were pushing for tiered service in canada, basic broadband, at the same price it is now(currently unlimited,...
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    We get charged in New zealand for our data, not our speed and it is usually massively expensive.
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    We’re closing in on the tipping point. Because the battering and pepper spraying of innocent people was pushed out of...
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    “Comcast, for example, counts Netflix video into its data plan, but lets its own XFinity service stream away.” The exact...
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    Consumer choice and competition, as if Comcast doesn’t hold a monopoly on certain areas (like mine). I’ve never gone...
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    Fuck. This.
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  25. moraniarty reblogged this from ileolai and added:
    What? I thought tiered internet was a thing everywhere.
  26. ileolai reblogged this from voltyball and added:
    Australia already has tiered internet…and it works just fine. what are people crying about?
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  28. zombieorigami reblogged this from wilwheaton and added:
    This is rather ignorant.
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    T_T
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    Oh Fuck Me Running.
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    This will KILL ONLINE GAMING. FUCKING IDIOTS!