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Not to excuse this or anything but aren't Verizon, Comcast/Xfinity, etc. also guilty of this? It's an issue with the industry as a whole not just Charter right?
by llbeansandrice 5y ago
Not to excuse this or anything but aren't Verizon, Comcast/Xfinity, etc. also guilty of this? It's an issue with the industry as a whole not just Charter right?
- elliekelly 5y agoYes. The major ISPs in the US are territorial cartels[1] tacitly colluding[2] in restraint of trade with juuust enough plausible deniability and a heavy helping of political campaign contributions to keep the gravy train running. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartel [2]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_collusion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_collusion
- fma 5y agoLikely yes. Where I used to live we had AT&T and Comcast as providers. We'd always get decent subscription rates. I moved, and now only have AT&T fiber...no discounts, very expensive. Wife and I own a small business with a brick and mortar location. It has AT&T DSL and Spectrum. Well...AT&T DSL is slow as hell and for "ok" speeds is expensive. Spectrum knows this. Hence, no discounts...still very expensive for "ok" speeds. At home at least the speeds is OK and the monthly fee is manageable (not the best). But having to pay AT&T to rent their device annoys the heck out of me.