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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
why do you view the internet as a product? i view it more as a utility...you can't 'buy' the internet, just access to it. like someone else said does a mansion pay a higher rate for electricity than a small condo? charge people for usage and be done with it. if the telco's get their way on this, what will be next? i can only assume you think consumers should have no rights and be at the mercy of whatever corps want to do.
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Like i said, you have a right to use your own property. You can sell and buy things and you can choose what not to buy. If you don't agree to the terms/conditions of sale or don't like the quality of the product... don't buy that product. Just because you consider a certain product or service to be a 'utility', to be 'essential' or 'convenient' or... doesn't give you the right to violate other people's property rights by dictating how they should sell their product or what product they should sell or at what price they should sell their product. If an ISP wants to sell "email-only" packages or "youtube only" packages, than that is their right... their property = their choice. if you don't like those products, then don't buy them.
If you don't want to be at the mercy of big corporations, then why do you want the state to regulate things? It's the big corporations that tell politicians what laws and regulations to make... By allowing the State to regulate things, you are eventually giving the big corporations powers they wouldn't be able to gain in a free market.