Old_Grouch
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| reply to SuperG
Re: "$5 off your phone bill" DEAL
You could also say it is taking money from a regulated, intra-state service to con you into keeping an unregulated, inter-state service.
Years ago, there were folks who would have called that a cross-subsidy that was a no-no. These days, regulators are blind and the company..... fill in your own preferred pet name. 
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