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join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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Re: It's illegal I suppose they could get around it by offering the higher speeds only where they run head to head with Cablevision. In which case the clause "commodities of like grade and quality" would not apply. Most areas get 20/2 for $44.95 but another area gets 30/5 for $44.95. Since the "grade and quality" is different how can it be discriminatory? It would IMHO be discriminatory if the speed was 20/2 everywhere but the price was lower in those areas where there was competition.
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 oliphantI Have 8 BoobiesPremium
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Corona, CA | Which it is... 30/5 costs $179 in one area and $45 in the next. That's predatory pricing and illegal. They should offer it for $45 everywhere unless they can show why their costs justify it to be $179 in the non-competitive markets.
If it is genuinely cheaper to deliver the products, they can certainly charge different prices, but it is illegal to drop the price only to compete...especially when it is this transparent.
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join:2000-07-05
Kernersville, NC Reviews:
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1 edit | said by oliphant:Which it is... 30/5 costs $179 in one area and $45 in the next. That's predatory pricing and illegal. You are wrong, plain and simple. It was explained to you by the other poster. Its perfectly legal and not "predatory pricing". |
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oliphantI Have 8 BoobiesPremium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
3 edits | And I explained why it is and posted the Federal law which clearly states that it is. The point brought up was these franchise boundries which the law, which I again quoted, makes no mention of.
If they want to drop the price or increase the speeds, they can do it everywhere, or no where. To increase the speed only where they see competition is illegal.
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