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Re:Busting Comcast's $250 installation fee for 105 Mbps by eli on Sunday February 16, 2014 @11:39AM (#7248143)
What does a $250 upgrade fee have to do with that? If anything, shouldn't high fees encourage competition?
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Re:Busting Comcast's $250 installation fee for 105 Mbps by randallsquared on Sunday February 16, 2014 @11:49AM (#7248188)
High fees pay for the lobbying of local government to continue the cable monopoly, in many places in the US.
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