Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 23397
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2001/12/28-31 [Computer/Networking] UID:23397 Activity:high
12/28   SBC has jacked my DSL rate from $39.95 to $49.95.  Wtf? --erikred
        \_ That's hardly news. DSL price jacking started this summer.
           If SBC started charging you $49.95 only now, they probably had some
           sort of contract or agrrement with you that was preventing them
           from increasing the price earlier.
           \_  Correct.  I had a year-long contract at $39.95 per month.
               Now they're offering me a month-to-month contract at the
               "special" price of $49.95.  Bleah.  Suck suck suck. --erikred
           \_ hey, wait, doesn't capitalism = free market? i don't get it!
           i would think costs have gone down, and sales way up, aren't
           they happy enough with that?
        \_ Welcome to the wonderful world of no competition.  It could be
           worse.  The only remaining DSL carrier _could_ have been AT&T.
              fix our economy.
              \_ Yeah, screw competition. Screw Sun and Apple. We
                 should all make way for Microsoft because that will
           Then there would be no price competition for broadband whatsoever.
           \_ Quit yer liberal whiny ass crying, communist.  It's the
              successful companies like AT&T (and Microsoft) what will
              fix our economy.
              \_ Nice Troll. No cookie.
              \_ And learn to spell.  And it was a Bad Troll since no one bit
                 because it looked like a Bad Troll.  You still get no cookie.
              \_ Free market competition >> government controlled
                                                >> private monopoly
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