Comments on: Wireless Broadband: A Bountiful Garden of Consumer Choice, Pricing, & Plans… Not http://stopthecap.com/2009/06/06/wireless-broadband-a-bountiful-garden-of-consumer-choice-pricing-plans-not/ Promoting Better Broadband, Fighting Data Caps, Usage-Based Billing, & Other Internet Overcharging Schemes Thu, 24 May 2012 00:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tim http://stopthecap.com/2009/06/06/wireless-broadband-a-bountiful-garden-of-consumer-choice-pricing-plans-not/#comment-4546 Tim Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:44:02 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2938#comment-4546 For one, cell phone plans are way too expensive in the first place. And when you do get a cell phone, they purposely put proprietary connections on the phone so you have to buy the adapters from them. Sorry, had to vent that. It is ridiculous that they are all the same and there should be a investigation into this to see if they have indeed colluded to prevent competition. Just here recently, LG and some other LCD manufacturers were caught price fixing and fined. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10095219-92.html "The three companies, which were charged with violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, allegedly held "crystal" meetings and engaged in communications about setting prices on the TFT-LCD displays. They agreed to charge predetermined prices for the displays, issued price quotes based on those agreements, and exchanged sales information on the display panels, in order to monitor and enforce the agreement, the Justice Department said. " I don't know if the same would apply here but I don't see how it is any different. To me, it sounds like the same thing is going on here. With that said, Cricket is offering wireless for $40/month. I don't know what the coverage is or what areas Cricket offers this, just throwing it out there. For one, cell phone plans are way too expensive in the first place. And when you do get a cell phone, they purposely put proprietary connections on the phone so you have to buy the adapters from them. Sorry, had to vent that.

It is ridiculous that they are all the same and there should be a investigation into this to see if they have indeed colluded to prevent competition. Just here recently, LG and some other LCD manufacturers were caught price fixing and fined.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10095219-92.html

“The three companies, which were charged with violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, allegedly held “crystal” meetings and engaged in communications about setting prices on the TFT-LCD displays. They agreed to charge predetermined prices for the displays, issued price quotes based on those agreements, and exchanged sales information on the display panels, in order to monitor and enforce the agreement, the Justice Department said. ”

I don’t know if the same would apply here but I don’t see how it is any different. To me, it sounds like the same thing is going on here.

With that said, Cricket is offering wireless for $40/month. I don’t know what the coverage is or what areas Cricket offers this, just throwing it out there.

]]> By: Smith6612 http://stopthecap.com/2009/06/06/wireless-broadband-a-bountiful-garden-of-consumer-choice-pricing-plans-not/#comment-4545 Smith6612 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:29:55 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2938#comment-4545 Good article here. I do agree for the fact that wireless broadband is awfully expensive, which is typically why whenever people are looking at internet services from dial-up, I tell them to look at wireless and satellite as a last resort. The last I checked, Alltell (?) is reselling Verizon service via Broadband that is also uncapped in terms of wireless, though since Verizon is acquiring them people aren't sure on how long that uncap issue will last. Good article here. I do agree for the fact that wireless broadband is awfully expensive, which is typically why whenever people are looking at internet services from dial-up, I tell them to look at wireless and satellite as a last resort. The last I checked, Alltell (?) is reselling Verizon service via Broadband that is also uncapped in terms of wireless, though since Verizon is acquiring them people aren’t sure on how long that uncap issue will last.

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