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Now I admit this happens to be one or two phone companies in rural areas of the U.S. However, they are predicting that this is about to be a trend. You remember, if you’re old enough that is, the phrase “Can’t get blood from a turnip”? Well, Frontier Communcations plans on trying to do just that. Isn’t it enough that the gas companies are and will be sucking the money right out of the bank accounts? The lenders took us for all they could get. The gas companies followed along. The retailers and discount stores plus the grocery industry is working on taking more. And now, this particular phone company plans to charge by the gigabyte once you go over your limit per month….not per day, per week, per month. And how much is that? 5 gigabytes a month. My goodness, I could use that much on Youtube in one day. Download a couple movie and you are out of business for the rest of your month unless you want to pay out a dollar, maybe two per gigabyte.
This will eventually change the face of internet use forever if they are able to get away with this. The plan is to start charging a dollar or two for every gigabyte used over the 5 gig. limit. Are you kidding me? Most people will not be able to be online if that occurs. Then where will their precious profits go? This is STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. Talk about “byting” the hand that feeds you. What a waste of resources that outfit is. Oh and look at this. They are willing to provide HIGHER usage for those who live in urban areas as if those who live in rural areas aren’t good enough. COME ON HERE!!!!
They will also be willing to sell higher packages of usage for a higher price, of course. HELLO!!! And then Time Warner is trying out the same thing in Texas. Outrageous. They want to charge the heavier users instead of letting the lighter ones pay all the bills. Well, now that is about the only sane thing to be said about it. However, is it worth it to the rest of us. For instance, we would be in the rural area meaning we would not be able to have as much as, say, Joe Bigshot in the city. And why is that? Because we don’t have as many of their precious customers around us as the big cities do. BAH! All this is is another way to scrape more money out of people who are financially bleeding as it is. The poor guys are the ones it hits hard just like always.
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