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There is no right for the timid to receive as much as the bold. Your friend also does equally poorly in salary negotiation. $25 doesn't keep the lights on and t

There is no right for the timid to receive as much as the bold. Your friend also does equally poorly in salary negotiation. $25 doesn't keep the lights on and there are far more of your friend than there are of you ergo you ought to be careful for what you wish for because fair pricing looks a lot more like you and your friend both paying $94.

bryanlarsen 4y ago
Fair pricing would result in reduced profits for the ISP otherwise they wouldn't do it. Therefore consumers would benefit on net from fair pricing. Certainly some hard negotiators do benefit from discriminatory pricing, but their gains are less than the losses incurred by those who aren't.
- TuringNYC 4y ago
  >> Fair pricing would result in reduced profits for the ISP otherwise they wouldn't do it. Possibly, if you think short term. Perhaps not if you think long term. Here are things we would consider purchasing if we could get a real price w/o first signing a 2yr contract - SIM chip/plan for apple watch (x2 for me + wife) - SIM chip/plan for iPad (x2 for me + wife) - SIM for Child 1 in case of emergencies - SIM for Child 2 in case of emergencies But I have no clue if the cost of the above would be $100/mo or $300/mo, really there is no transparent pricing that I can see. Would have been great to just bundle all these into my single Verizon bill but i'm so afraid to even touch the plan.
- michaelmrose 4y ago
  Define fair? Internet is inherently both front loaded in terms of the substantial investment to build the network and fairly divorced from cost to maintain a given customers link. What's the fair price for access? The cost of access is negligible but the investment to build and maintain the network is not and without profits achieved now the network it would never have been built in the first place.
idiotsecant 4y ago
Easy there, Ayn Rand. We can have sane pricing practices that don't require carny-level negotiation of each individual service every 6 months.
- michaelmrose 4y ago
  The world is fucking stupid. While it remains so look out for yourself and be an asshole when you need to be.

bryanlarsen 4y ago

Fair pricing would result in reduced profits for the ISP otherwise they wouldn't do it. Therefore consumers would benefit on net from fair pricing. Certainly some hard negotiators do benefit from discriminatory pricing, but their gains are less than the losses incurred by those who aren't.

TuringNYC 4y ago
>> Fair pricing would result in reduced profits for the ISP otherwise they wouldn't do it. Possibly, if you think short term. Perhaps not if you think long term. Here are things we would consider purchasing if we could get a real price w/o first signing a 2yr contract - SIM chip/plan for apple watch (x2 for me + wife) - SIM chip/plan for iPad (x2 for me + wife) - SIM for Child 1 in case of emergencies - SIM for Child 2 in case of emergencies But I have no clue if the cost of the above would be $100/mo or $300/mo, really there is no transparent pricing that I can see. Would have been great to just bundle all these into my single Verizon bill but i'm so afraid to even touch the plan.
michaelmrose 4y ago
Define fair? Internet is inherently both front loaded in terms of the substantial investment to build the network and fairly divorced from cost to maintain a given customers link. What's the fair price for access? The cost of access is negligible but the investment to build and maintain the network is not and without profits achieved now the network it would never have been built in the first place.

idiotsecant 4y ago

Easy there, Ayn Rand. We can have sane pricing practices that don't require carny-level negotiation of each individual service every 6 months.

michaelmrose 4y ago
The world is fucking stupid. While it remains so look out for yourself and be an asshole when you need to be.