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Re: Collusion said by beaups:Implies the companies are working together to keep the prices high....I'd like to see your evidence of that. The logical explanation of all of the similar pricing/plans/etc. is that getting in a price war is a loser for all companies involved. The minute a carrier engages in that (ie sprint) the other companies have to respond...then no company gained anything. All that would happen is the companies would make less money and gain no new customers. Think of your local gas station that has a competitor next door. If station A lowers his price $.10 then stations B responds. The net result is both stations lose $.10/gallon in revenue and margin. This is smart business, not collusion. Cricket and Boost, and Boost ironically is owned by Sprint. Prices in America are a complete sham compared to just about anywhere else, T-Mobile is nice little example, who offer prices about a 1/4 of US cost in their home court of Germany. It is price fixing, just as mentioned above. "The fact that this plan exists, and used to cost half as much as it does now, speaks volumes about the problem with the wireless broadband market. Collusion among the four carriers is so obvious it just screams out at every passerby." One only needs to look back to what happened to Ma Bell and see, this is in no way different, you just have 4 carriers instead of 1 that are national. "Price fixing is an agreement between business competitors to sell the same product or service at the same price." I think that pretty much sums it all up, if Sprint had 1/2 a brain they would bring back unlimited data plans, but ultimately they decided to join the cap bandwagon.
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