06-29-2009, 08:09 PM
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While doing a little research on mobile broadband after reading this post and making my own, I came across this interesting passage on a wikipedia page:
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In the United States, in 2009 actions were taken by the telecommunication industry that led many to believe that price fixing was taking place. Every provider (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile) all offered the same mobile broadband plan at the same price. 5GB max at $60 a month. Under the Sherman Act,[1] July 2, 1890 this would be illegal, and allows for any individual the right to sue under the antitrust laws. As evident in the network outage on April 9, 2009 in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties in California all these companies are interlinked and share the same network, which would also constitute monopoly practices.
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So we should soon see the 5gb caps and prices go down.
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