Fios Speeds Increased > It's illegal

reply to oliphant

Re: It's illegal

By contrast, courts have concluded that the Act does not apply to intangible products such as cellular telephone service and cellular telephone activation service; the printing of comic books; newspaper advertising; real estate leases; long distance voice telecommunications services; and cable television service. When a transaction involves both the sale of goods and the sale of services, the Act applies "only if the 'dominant nature' of the transaction is a sale of goods."

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reply to stray

Might be a law, we the people should try to get changed.

That or try to get Spitzer on the federal level, but I am sure he has those plans himself.

Why would spitzer care the lower pricing are going to his constiuents .

He represents a lot more than just those few. Much of his territory is still fighting to get DSL from Verizon, many are served by a different Telco

reply to older dog
I don't think you would want to change this law to mandate pricing across the board. This would/could ultimately make it more expensive for services in smaller areas if the priced to deliver a service in a larger metro was higher.

I personally don't think it's a bad thing the way it is now.

Like Oliphant, I disagree with dropping prices in a region and taking a loss simply to compete in that area to drive out the competition.

I would rather see these issues taken up on a case by case basis, or simply look at it by limiting the amount of loss someone can take on a product offering or the length of time - something on that level.

I actually agree with you.
But the fear of this might give the big monopoly the incentive to stay on the up and up.
It is a fine line between regulation guiding a business down a beneficial path vs unneeded obstruction.

I just want the big Corps to see that the voter is beginning to get upset, and choose a better path before it is chosen for them.