I agree with the above. If people are “forced” to pay for higher levels of service, what’s to say ISPs will not just FORCE people to pay up or throttle you down to 64kbps? It sounds like they can hold anyone hostage unless you pay up. Internet bills are already too high (as are cell phone bills) and it sucks you can’t get something basic/decent for < $30.00
It just sounds like it puts too much power with the Telcos and if it's a good thing for them, it will probably be a bad thing for the consumer.
This reminds me of how getting rid of Obamacare can be very bad...
Think of this scenario, what if we dump Obamacare and health care providers can just dump anyone/everyone who wants maternity? We all know the cost is extremely high for delivering babies and complications can be extreme (I've seen 300k+ bills)...especially with older moms nowadays.
As an insurer, why not just dump all women to get more profits and not pay much out?
I speak this from experience because prior to Obamacare, I searched all over as a self employed family and there was all of 1 (ONE) plan which even had maternity at all and it was a bad plan to begin with.
Even though we're done with kids, there's just something f*cked up about the whole US system.
Also, even if you WANTED and are willing to pay, NO ONE will sell you the insurance (since when we bought it, Obamacare wasn't around yet).
Sorta like the messed up mortgage market for self employed too.
Anyways, back on topic, the Internet access market isn't that competitive. At least there's T-Mobile to shake up the wireless industry a bit.
