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Re:What Xfinity Internet Data Usage Plans will Comcast be La... by eli on Friday November 21, 2014 @01:41PM (#8642599)
I'm definitely with you that Comcast is too expensive.

I don't agree that the price needs to have any relation to the wholesale cost, though. It's just price discrimination. Expensive shampoo doesn't cost more than cheap shampoo because of the ingredients.

Re:What Xfinity Internet Data Usage Plans will Comcast be La... by al_bundling on Friday November 21, 2014 @01:50PM (#8642638)
Price discrimination is only ok if it increases consumer surplus and you have a choice of providers. Comcast fails on the former and more often than not on the latter.
Re:What Xfinity Internet Data Usage Plans will Comcast be La... by eli on Friday November 21, 2014 @03:42PM (#8643277)
I just don't see the difference. Not having a choice in providers is clearly a problem regardless of how that provider structures their fees. Allowing them to charge certain people more and less is not inherently worse.
Re:What Xfinity Internet Data Usage Plans will Comcast be La... by al_bundling on Friday November 21, 2014 @04:11PM (#8643400)
Allow me to enlighten you:

Price discrimination is ok, if it in addition to providing a premium product also makes the good or product more affordable and available to another class of customers, thus creating a consumer surplus. Classic example: air travel.

Comcast's offering is a sham. It makes broadband more expensive for everyone. This is inherently worse.