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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by wlesieutre on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:45PM (#15926169)
Coming in 2019, electric companies monitor your usage profile to tell when you turn on different appliances and charge you a higher rate for running your TV or charging your electric car. But don't worry, the free market will fix it.
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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by njarboe on Thursday December 14, 2017 @04:50PM (#15927440)
In California you do get different rates if you get an electric car. You also get different rates (higher) if the State thinks you don't "need" air conditioning.
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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by icelancer on Thursday December 14, 2017 @07:23PM (#15928725)
This is already a thing in several states and the general consensus is that it saves citizens money.
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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by wlesieutre on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:10PM (#15929416)
Is that because electric rates are heavily regulated as utilities, or because the free market let the only electric supplier do whatever they wanted to with your rate structure?
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