inluminent

Ok, so Kasia didn’t say anything about monopolies, but her story about AT&T raising her internet fees because she doesn’t subscribe to Cable TV is a good example of what can go wrong if a company ‘owns’ a particular market and there isn’t any real competition for that market…

Now, I also think the broadband market is too ‘new’ to really have any monopolies, but with all of the subsidization of broadband by hardware manufacturers, large telecom and cable companies and even the government going on in the past 3-5 years, it makes sense that prices have to go up as adoption slows down (is it slowing down yet?) but it’s still sucks that cable internet access could cost $15 more/year for a loyal customer just because they aren’t a cable TV subscriber…

Sad effect of fucked up ethics in corporate America I think too… so many angles to this it’s rediculous.