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JDPriestly

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53. A la carte pricing for cable? Now that I could go for.

Thu May 24, 2012, 04:05 PM

May 2012

We have a higher bandwidth capacity because we watch Netflix instead of having cable.

I'm pretty sure we pay a higher rate for our higher bandwidth capacity. We just had the capacity increased somehow.

We had cable TV for a year and hardly used it. The programming was just awful. So we switched to Netflix and internet.

Do you watch your cable and use your internet at the same time?

Couldn't you get a combined package for both your internet and cable?

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FCC boss backs usage-based pricing for cable Internet access [View all] IDemo May 2012 OP

Sold down the river again Angry Dragon May 2012 #1

So, how much will the bundle package increase? may3rd May 2012 #2

What they should do Politicalboi May 2012 #3

We're talking cable internet bandwidth, not tv IDemo May 2012 #4

They see the handwriting on the wall klook May 2012 #6

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Youtube, etc need to be screaming bloody murder over this. n/t Ed Suspicious May 2012 #5

No doubt cable operators' streaming services won't count against the quota. n/t BadgerKid May 2012 #20

Maybe not to begin with but they will eventually come after them as well, that's how Uncle Joe May 2012 #27

Did he check with consumers of this service, limpyhobbler May 2012 #7

OF COURSE he does... he gets his funds from the PACS. lib2DaBone May 2012 #8

Bad idea from the corporate controlled FCC magic59 May 2012 #9

No kidding... christx30 May 2012 #35

It is amazing how our government agencies find ways to screw the American Public. lookingfortruth May 2012 #10

Petition created bl968 May 2012 #11

The continued nickel and diming of Americans to death! drdtroit May 2012 #12

AAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! PLEASE fucking leave the Internet ALONE, as it is ~nt 99th_Monkey May 2012 #13

Saw this coming. ryvanwi May 2012 #14

Is there some bandwidth shortage or something? limpyhobbler May 2012 #18

Really, is there a shortage of electrons? Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #41

It's a false dichotomy that you've laid out. harmonicon May 2012 #23

Dropping pins and shoes supernova May 2012 #54

'would encourage competition' Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #15

This will be a big step against net neutrality if other ISPs follow suit. 4saken May 2012 #16

Usage-based pricing would permit the rich to use the internet more than the poor. JDPriestly May 2012 #17

And there you have it: Regressive Pricing DCKit May 2012 #28

Sorry, your argument doesn't work... brooklynite May 2012 #42

I think that kind of pricing would just make a huge mess. JDPriestly May 2012 #52

What makes you think your usage isn't measured? brooklynite May 2012 #55

Just for the record, Genachowski was appointed by Obama in 2009 to head the FCC. Fumesucker May 2012 #19

What!? An Obama appointee favoring corporations over people!? villager May 2012 #26

what some people fail to realize Dokkie May 2012 #29

Why should abortion be legal if you never use it? Fearless May 2012 #31

weird reply Dokkie May 2012 #33

You pay for public education even if you don't have kids using it... Fearless May 2012 #36

I hope you see the difference between Dokkie May 2012 #59

Internet access is for the public good. Fearless May 2012 #61

Internet connection Dokkie May 2012 #63

Public transportation. Discount passes. Both exist to get the poor/working class to work. Fearless May 2012 #64

All true Dokkie May 2012 #66

Kinda kills social media... Fearless May 2012 #67

Yes, I'm sure the corporations will drastically lower your prices now villager May 2012 #32

You betcha Dokkie May 2012 #34

This is about neutralizing the peoples' power on the Internet. Uncle Joe May 2012 #39

You report back on that great big price cut the cable companies are giving ya, okay? villager May 2012 #40

"Ordinary users like me will get a cut" brentspeak May 2012 #48

yes, I will definitely get a cut Dokkie May 2012 #60

A la carte pricing for cable? Now that I could go for. JDPriestly May 2012 #53

What you fail to realize... 4saken May 2012 #62

Then they are going to fail Dokkie May 2012 #65

FCC boss backs rich against poor (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #21

How? It will reduce the cost for the low end entry point. joeglow3 May 2012 #43

Clearly the rich are more deserving of information. harmonicon May 2012 #47

This would not impact someone looking up news joeglow3 May 2012 #49

And, you know, the self-employed. Artists. Musicians. Hobbyists. harmonicon May 2012 #50

How many of those people are streaming video? joeglow3 May 2012 #56

And yet bandwidth per capita in the US lags far behind may other developed nations.. Fumesucker May 2012 #57

IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY harmonicon May 2012 #58

As I don't really track melm00se May 2012 #22

The bastards are trying to strangle Netflix and YouTube. Odin2005 May 2012 #24

Don't forget google Harmony Blue May 2012 #45

Republican to the core. BlueToTheBone May 2012 #25

Two words... FUCK YOU! Fearless May 2012 #30

Corporations make the rules and get to change them in their own favor, is why we need regulators neohippie May 2012 #37

This administration is the most disappointing in history! Roland99 May 2012 #38

Anyone that supports this Harmony Blue May 2012 #44

Curses! Steerpike May 2012 #46

Unrelated, but this graphic always scared me. Dash87 May 2012 #51

We've been bought and sold. nt woo me with science May 2012 #68