Senate confirms Biden FCC nominee, finally giving Democrats a 3-2 majority - eviltoast

Anna Gomez confirmation means “FCC can act swiftly to restore net neutrality.”

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    1 year ago

    In a competitive market, bundling/unbundling is good, not bad. It’s a way for consumers to get a better deal. For example, if a tiny minority of users take up a huge chunk of internet traffic through their use of WhatsApp, bundling WhatsApp separately allows the majority of non-power-users to pay less. If you don’t like it, just jump to the other providers.

    It’s under conditions of market power that bundling/unbundling becomes problematic. When your ISP is a monopoly, they can impose bundles on you not because it’s a good way to offer consumer choice, but because it’s a way to stealthily increase prices.

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      All data is data. Charge by the byte with a 2% profit (not even sure hot to fogure that), or just leave it as unlimited, as it should be.

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        1 year ago

        Food is food, so why doesn’t McDonald’s charge you by the Happy Meal, instead of allowing you to buy burgers, fries, and drinks separately?

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      I think you missed my point, being that the absence of net neutrality by legislation has brought us exactly what those promoting such legislation have warned about.