http://www.dslreports.com/forum/UBB-is-just-scheme-to-raise-prices-further-We-overpay-now-26611600 en Fri, 24 May 2013 23:33:10 EDT Fri, 24 May 2013 23:33:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/UBB-is-just-scheme-to-raise-prices-further-We-overpay-now-26611600
The FCC should have enforced line-sharing but they didn't and now we have everything that is bad with monopolies with none of the super-fast internet available in other countries that we were promised via the libertarian magic dust of "the market".

US consumers already pay significantly more for their broadband than those in Europe or Asia. Cable ISP's are immensely profitable. As the article points out they often have 80%+ gross margins on the service. Just check their public financial statements if you doubt me.
UBB is just another scheme to raise the average price paid. It has next to nothing to do with punishing heavy users or delaying network upgrades. UBB has everything to do with with making the average user, already paying about $50/month, pay $75/month instead.

Most of these articles pushing UBB are basically being planted by the cable companies as a form of "price signaling", a form of illegal collusion, similar to how the Bank of America announced far in advance they were adding a new $5 fee, hoping the other big banks would do the same thing.

If they were really serious about UBB, they would be offering to drop the base price to $20/month and add usage on top of that, but they really just want $15-50 extra dollars in overages from the typical customer on top of the $50/month they pay, even though faster service is available in Europe and Asia for $30/month with no caps or UBB.
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Just pretend for the purposes of argument that I know what I am talking about. Actually, you don't need to pretend because I do know what I am talking about.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/UBB-is-just-scheme-to-raise-prices-further-We-overpay-now-26611600 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:05:45 EDT