Network Guy
join:2000-08-25
New York
 ·PHONE POWER
·Broadvox Direct
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to baineschile
Re: Regulation
Would you feel shafted by your elected officials if an FTC didn't exist to regulate energy companies?
Don't know about you, but I would feel pretty pissed if the electric went out every day but still paid well above energy market pricing for the utility.
Kinda the same thing with broadband. It's a good thing people no longer pay $300 per month for a 128k ISDN line as the only means to network access. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA
·SONIC.NET
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by Network Guy  :Would you feel shafted by your elected officials if an FTC didn't exist to regulate energy companies? Don't know about you, but I would feel pretty pissed if the electric went out every day but still paid well above energy market pricing for the utility. Kinda the same thing with broadband. It's a good thing people no longer pay $300 per month for a 128k ISDN line as the only means to network access. Hmm.
When California was being squeezed by a few companies in Texas back in 2001, the Federal Regulators did nothing.
Your $300 128K ISDN service was regulated too. |
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Network Guy
join:2000-08-25
New York
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·Broadvox Direct
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by elray : When California was being squeezed by a few companies in Texas back in 2001, the Federal Regulators did nothing. Back in the 90s in NYC when people felt anally raped by the incumbent energy provider, Consolidated Edison, some brilliant mind introduced ESCOs that in essence played middle man between your meter and the local grid. Lower kilowatt rate meant energy savings, right? Except there's still that pesky delivery and transport portion of that bill, and guess who still charges that? You got it, ConEd.
So in essence the FTC once again failed, yes.
With broadband I think demand and increasing number of network providers pressured prices down. FTC was successful in forcing the incumbents to stop sabotaging the competition, but didn't force a pricing model that wouldn't price them out of business. So yea, again FTC failed.
In the end, we all drop our shorts and take it. We can't live without broadband, right? |
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asterisk20xx
join:2008-04-22
Marshall, TX
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to Network Guy
Don't be too sure about that. Just 6 months ago I was paying $120 a month for 128k ISDN. It was either that, dialup or a T1.
I tried really hard to use the internet at 128k. Disabling all images (not just ads), scripts, and flash, just to make it almost tolerable.
I eventually caved in and have a $407.18 per month T1 line. |
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