| Internet prices.... My internet costs me as much monthly as filling up my tank weekly with gas. Sure, it might me more expensive than heavily subsidized internet in other countries, but internet is one of my cheapest expenses every month and unless you subscribe to insanely high priced packages, it probably is the same for most people. I see internet as one of the best valued services I pay for on a monthly basis. Senators have more important things to be worrying about. |
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kudos:3 | said by silbaco:My internet costs me as much monthly as filling up my tank weekly with gas. Sure, it might me more expensive than heavily subsidized internet in other countries, but internet is one of my cheapest expenses every month and unless you subscribe to insanely high priced packages, it probably is the same for most people. I see internet as one of the best valued services I pay for on a monthly basis. Senators have more important things to be worrying about.
You don't have a mobile phone with data plan? ... how about multiple phones in your household?
"Internet data" IS in fact getting way out of hand.
What really gets me is the ignorance of all the arm-chair quarterbacks in this tread and this forum in general. As much as I loath the federal government, and most government today in general, the fact is that you guys see things through tunnel vision. You can't see beyond your own narrow focus. The government and congress DOES do more than one single thing at a time.. in fact they're rather efficient at screwing up MULTIPLE things at one time.
Many of you act like the government is here JUST to lower your broadband prices.. I swear.
But as to your comparison of a tank of gas.. horrible. Like I've said for years, stick with facts at hand and not compare apples to oranges. Points can be made with out comparing your internet cost to a fill up in your car.. I just turned in a 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid that cost me $30 to fill up and got me near 600 miles to the tank. If I do the math, my internet cost me more per month than it does to run the car.
But, my internet costs me $120 a month for my mobile plan and $59 a month for home service and that doesn't include the forced modem rental that I can't buy on my own. I certainly don't think that $179 a month is "reasonable" for the internet. It's a controlled, monopolized cash grab by an industry that is taking advantage of the people all while controlling the very government that should be controlling it.
Wake up. |
