how the telecoms cartel division of UCA is screwing USA

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Bill Moyers: Why U.S. Internet Access is Slow, Costly and Unfair

http://www.alternet.org/bill-moyers-why-us-internet-access-slow-costly-and-unfair?paging=off

Will Kock Bros US CoC hire the tea baggers to bitch about exorbitantly priced, shitty telecoms services? fuck no.

[Latarian Milton]

US internet access might be slow sometimes but the fee is rather fair tbh

[Wild Cobra]

pfffft...

Bill Moyer.

[admiralsnackbar]

US internet access might be slow sometimes but the fee is rather fair tbh


Despite the high penetration, however, the cost of service in the United States is rather steep, even when compared to other developed nations.

http://www.tech-talkers.com/index.php/2009/06/the-relative-cost-of-internet-access/

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US internet access might be slow sometimes but the fee is rather fair tbh

:lol ignorant dumbfuck proves, repeatedly, that he's an ignorant dumbfuck.

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pfffft...

Bill Moyer.

:lol ignorant dumbfuck proves, repeatedly, that he's an ignorant dumbfuck.

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http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/why-is-european-broadband-faster-and-cheaper-blame-the-governme/

http://phys.org/news170447728.html

etc, etc.

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Same screw job in USA for cell phone service


North Americans pay more for cell phone service

Cell phone users in the U.S., Spain, and Canada pay more for mobile phone service than cell phone users in other parts of the world, according to a survey published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,3343,en_2649_201185_43471316_1_1_1_1,00.html).

The OECD surveyed mobile carriers in its 30 member countries. The report showed on average how much consumers spend over the course of a year.

For a consumer subscribing to a medium-use package that provides about 780 voice minutes, 600 short text messages, and eight multimedia messages, the survey found that the monthly price of service ranged from $11 a month for service in the Netherlands to $53 a month for service in the U.S. as of August 2008.

On a yearly basis, American cell phone users are spending about $635.85 on cell phone service. Spanish cell phone users pay about $508.26 for the year. And Canadian cell phone subscribers pay about $500.63. By contrast people in the Netherlands and Finland pay the lowest amount for cell phone service, only $131.44 per year. And cell phone users in Sweden only pay $137.94 per year.

It is likely that the U.S. will continue to be the most expensive country in the world to use a cell phone. As carriers build faster 4G networks (http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10209933-51.html), they are likely to increase prices on higher-end services.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10307726-94.html (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10307726-94.html)



Are Carrier Subsidies Hurting Innovation and Driving Up Mobile Phone Costs?

Ross Rubin, analyst with NPD Connected Intelligence, said removing subsidies would likely help level the playing field and suggested that might be why T-Mobile would be in favor of them going away. Large, profitable carriers of scale like Verizon Wireless, he said, can afford to more heavily subsidize handsets.

Further, in an open market where there are really no long-term contracts, he said, handset companies would likely move to support a greater array of carriers with their handsets and the most advanced handsets would be more broadly available across a greater number of carriers.

Dumping subsidies and paying a lot more up-front for a phone might sound radical, but outside the U.S. it’s pretty common. “The North American markets (U.S. and Canada) are really the only two in the world that have this complete addiction to the phone subsidy,” said ****** Noss, CEO of Ting, a new no-contract carrier that bills customers based on their usage each month.

Indeed, in Europe, mobile phone plans with contracts are much less common than in the U.S. According to a report from Deloitte, in 2009 87% of customers were prepaid in Italy, 66% in the U.K., 55% in Germany, and 42% in Spain. That compares to just 22% in the U.S.

These countries also typically have much lower monthly bills from their mobile phone providers. According to data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the average monthly revenue from U.S. customers for carriers is $50.67. Compare that to $24.53 in Italy, $30.99 in the U.K., $29.10 in Spain, and just $20.42 in Germany. Europe’s overall average is $30.83, compared to the North America’s $51.40.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2012/05/22/are-carrier-subsidies-hurting-innovation-and-driving-up-mobile-phone-costs/#ixzz2KWC9u4aT


So the venerated capitalists' "free market" always provides the OPTIMUM SOLUTION ... for screwing consumers, while socialistic/social democratic nations don't.

Same screw job in health care.

[Wild Cobra]

:lol ignorant dumbfuck proves, repeatedly, that he's an ignorant dumbfuck.

LOL...

I mixed him up with Bill Maher.

[leemajors]

Canada is in a far worse boat for both I believe.

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DC think tank tells Americans that their broadband is really great
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/02/dc-think-tank-says-state-of-us-broadband-is-good-and-getting-better/

[TDMVPDPOY]

3rd world countries costs jackshit, did i even mention wifi nearly everywhere also? ...and here we pay through the roof for bullshit