An analysis of consumer benefits or costs from usage-based telecom service pricing suggests that regulatory oversight may not improve well-being even in the presence of clear anti-competitive conduct by broadband providers, the Phoenix Center for for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy
Studies argues.
Oversight is something regulators and politicians like to say they are conducting. But it won't help, in terms of consumer benefits, the Phoenix Center analysis suggests.
In fact, such practices as charging over-the-top video service providers a fee to reach consumers, though considered an outrage by some policy advocates, actually helps end users.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Usage-Based Pricing is Not "Anti-Consumer"
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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