[TriLUG] OT: URGENT: H.129 to be heard in Thursday's Finance Committee!

[David Hostetler]

"First from the "Internet as Infrastructure" perspective I hold:
What if the government wanted to give you roads you could drive on
without paying tolls?  Think of the profits a private company is missing
out on!"

This is kind of my whole point.  Do you really think the government can
build the same road of the same quality for less money?  No, of course not,
they just suck it out of you in taxes.  It's a trick my friend.

"Second, "promotional pricing" is a tool that is heavily used by
communications companies.  Finding the cost you'll pay for a service
after the promotional period from their advertising is often quite
difficult.  If we wanted a rule to protect against this practice, it
should apply to private and public companies."

I agree that promotional pricing is a tool used by corporations that many
people fall for.  However, I have never personally never seen an
advertisement where the final costs are not explained, even if it is in very
small print.


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Dave Hostetler
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On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Steve Pinkham <steve.pinkham at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 03/15/2011 01:06 PM, David Hostetler wrote:
> > There seems to be something missing in these discussions that should be
> > addressed.
> >
> > If the government wanted to cripple a business and had infrastructure in
> > place, what would stop them from offering say 100GB speed for $1 a month?
>
> First from the "Internet as Infrastructure" perspective I hold:
> What if the government wanted to give you roads you could drive on
> without paying tolls?  Think of the profits a private company is missing
> out on!
>
> Second, "promotional pricing" is a tool that is heavily used by
> communications companies.  Finding the cost you'll pay for a service
> after the promotional period from their advertising is often quite
> difficult.  If we wanted a rule to protect against this practice, it
> should apply to private and public companies.
>
> I do concede that there are some regulations that could be beneficial to
> end users, just that this bill either does not have them or they are not
> being fairly applied to all parties.
>
>
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