Mobile Carriers May Charge Per Page

[guardianangel42]

God damn it. Sorry Tom's, but this just F-ing sucks. The FCC's ruling allows for this. On my carrier. Right when I want to get a Windows Phone 7 phone as my first smart phone and only real christmas present to myself.

F@ck.

 

[rantoc]

Their monitoring should be easy to screw if they indeed dare to implement it, just use a VPN and they can take all the fancy monitoring equipment and send it as garbage to some chineese village were kids get poisoned from it instead - Greed at its best!

 

[caparc]

I won't have internet access on my phone because there is no price point that fits my potential use. The cell phone companies have always had a predatory mind set. It hasn't changed.

 

[Ramar]

I'm sorry guys, but how the hell is this the government's fault? Our government promises us Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. They never promised to protect us from evil corporations, and they shouldn't have to. If we're stupid enough to let AT&T ram us over a toilet seat then we deserve it. If we aren't, we'll talk with our money and they'll decide that maybe they shouldn't do things like that.

We are supposed to live in an open market in America, free of all government restrictions. That's far from being true, which you'll scream and yell at when they bail out big business, but then you scream and yell at them for staying out of it.

And someone, anyone, show me where it says mobile net isn't covered under these guidelines? I see a lot of sensationalism and no proof, and several specific wordings in the FCC guidelines that lead me to believe mobile is the same.

 

[mikem_90]

[citation][nom]levin70[/nom]Simple solution, that does not require government intervention. Either (1) go to another carrier - ie vote with your feet or (2) find 30 or 40 billion and build your own wireless network.A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything you have.Regards[/citation]


With all the barriers to entry for business going up, patent wars, etc.. its going to be a real pain trying to start a new business at all. At least till the big boys notice you and squash you like a bug.

 

[mikem_90]

[citation][nom]Ramar[/nom]I'm sorry guys, but how the hell is this the government's fault? Our government promises us Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. They never promised to protect us from evil corporations, and they shouldn't have to. If we're stupid enough to let AT&T ram us over a toilet seat then we deserve it. If we aren't, we'll talk with our money and they'll decide that maybe they shouldn't do things like that.We are supposed to live in an open market in America, free of all government restrictions. That's far from being true, which you'll scream and yell at when they bail out big business, but then you scream and yell at them for staying out of it.And someone, anyone, show me where it says mobile net isn't covered under these guidelines? I see a lot of sensationalism and no proof, and several specific wordings in the FCC guidelines that lead me to believe mobile is the same.[/citation]

Its the government's fault for kowtowing to corporate lobbyists. Many companies use public money or tax "incentives" to grow or expand. Hell, a lot of research in the US is spurred by government grants. Businesses with a stable market have little or no drive to innovate.

The problem is that business and corporate interests are so ingraned in government that you would have to ask all the senators and represenatives to cut off their own heads so to speak.

Its like the pledge senators were asked to sign saying "I won't take a corporate job after my term" Not ONE signed. Most of them are seeking a "consulting" job from some company after they run their terms. That is the bribery we have today, not money in envelopes.

 

[annymmo]

[citation][nom]Ramar[/nom]I'm sorry guys, but how the hell is this the government's fault? Our government promises us Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. They never promised to protect us from evil corporations, and they shouldn't have to. If we're stupid enough to let AT&T ram us over a toilet seat then we deserve it. If we aren't, we'll talk with our money and they'll decide that maybe they shouldn't do things like that.We are supposed to live in an open market in America, free of all government restrictions. That's far from being true, which you'll scream and yell at when they bail out big business, but then you scream and yell at them for staying out of it.And someone, anyone, show me where it says mobile net isn't covered under these guidelines? I see a lot of sensationalism and no proof, and several specific wordings in the FCC guidelines that lead me to believe mobile is the same.[/citation]
You're so narrow minded.
The thing is that networks evolve. And in the beginning everything is super-expensive (imagine the cost of ENIAC.) All these carriers also look at each other. And to be sure they're not going to have little profit. If someone comes first with internet on a different way. They are going to make the price point incredible high. The other network providers do to and nobody wants to go down. This causes competition to fail. Furthermore the network providers manipulate laws together to get all sorts of legal rights to screw with people. You see the screwing when you use analogies to describe stuff. Unfortunatelly non-technical people don't understand the system. For them it's all stuff they don't get. They'll just flow with anything.

 

[ikefu]

This is why you need to tell all your friends about Net Neutrality and make them care. If no one knows they are getting screwed then they will just accept it without complaint. If you make them realize what's happening then they will get mad and the number of voices will go and companies will start to notice customers fleeing to more new carriers.

Thank God for US Cellular and other small carriers who still actually seem to care about their subscribers

 

[dark_lord69]

AAAAAND this is why I don't have a data plan...
Wi-Fi provides internet service in hotspots and I pay $0 for that! : )

Cell phone carriers are some of the biggest A55holes towards consumers.
I think for AT&T and Verizon thier slogan should be:
"Bend over I want see how far I can get this in."
Coming in at a very close 2nd place are cable providers. I think the majority of them could use the same slogan.

All of those greedy companies can suck my D**K! F**KERS!

 

[dark_lord69]

[citation][nom]husker[/nom]The point is that wireless carriers are NOT covered under the net neutrality rule. If they were, then they couldn't do this.[/citation]

Actually you are wrong. They are covered. BUT these regulations aren't being enforced just yet, that or the companies already found a loophole. Some people have the job of just discovering loopholes that allow companies to f*ck you harder.