The court case didn't prove that AT&T's pricing violated monopoly laws.
Period.
They can price the product however they like. The market determines how much consumers are willing to bear that price.
AFAIK, many, many ISP's sell their service over another provider line.
Bundled packages from providers always seem to cost more. I'm not sure where the allusion that 'going dry' actually costs you more at the end of the month.
I've had separate cable and VOIP for years now and I pay much less than the one provider, phone, internet, cable bundle. Much less
They can price the product however they like. The market determines how much consumers are willing to bear that price.
Really. Nice talking point. The same theory that talking point comes from also assumes open competition and no barriers to entry. Yeah, RIGHT. -- "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini