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DHRacer
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join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
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Good to some, bad to others

One thing I have found in these forums, is that some people agree with bundling as a legitamate form of business, and others see it as a form of extortion.

Despite the two sides of thought about this practice, one thing seems certain. Companies are going to continue to do this. Companies that have already started are going to come up with new bundles, and companies that have not yet started will probably start offering them.

From all the news about them, this whole bundle thing seems inevitable, and yet we here argue about it like we make a difference. I don't think we will. We are not enough in numbers and we are the few who choose to educate themselves enough to see it for what it is. The general public, in my mind, are lambs to the slaughter. They will just blindly follow along as they get ripped off, and hardly complain when it happens.

I wish that the FCC or someone would step in and set things straight, but I think the government is a little occupied right now with other things, and by the time it does, it will be too late.


djrobx

join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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It depends.

I see SBC's offering of DSL for $30/month if you get some of their add-on phone services as a bundle deal.

I see Comcast charging $62.95/month for cablemodem if you don't use their TV service (when it's been $45.95 or cheaper all along) as extortion.

A bundle deal would have been to get CHEAPER cablemodem if you subscribe to a premium tier or something.

-- Rob
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