No, the useless ***** government cannot improve things in the private sector, they can only ruin. Just because you want everything for nothing and get mad when you can't have it, doesn't mean you call the government to fix everything.
1. FCC has no business regulating anything that AT&T does, business wise.
2. They couldn't fix things for consumers if they tried...the best they could do is make things worse.
3. AT&T is still slime...but your solution is no solution at all.
Yes, lets go back to no government regulation. And you can eat your uninspected, diseased food, have cigarettes considered 'healthy,' have 2 or 3 companies that control everything with no consumer protection, and so much more fun stuff. I suggest trying out a few other countries where the government doesn't regulate these things. See how its working for them.
This knee-jerk, unyielding love of the "private sector" which is controlling the country blows my mind. Its funniest to me, because it usually comes from people least likely to benefit from a company's profit. The lower end of everything from education to salary to position.
Here's why I look to the government; it represents the people. I can vote people in and out. I can't do that with some random company. It doesn't represent me. It represents one thing only; a profit motive. And while I think this AT&T thing is idiocy and will likely work itself out (even Apple, by far its most popular phone manufacturer for its most profitable plans, won't be too pleased with this - it shrinks the market for its products and makes the competition too attractive), thats not to say the FCC doesn't have a role in pricing matters.
Lets take this from a free market perspective, my friend. Lets also remember that companies such as this have actually actively worked to thwart competition. In a true "free market," I can call up AT&T, say "sorry guys, moving on over to a different company." However, contractual agreements (like those between AT&T and Apple) have made that impossible with our hardware, as well as the contracts of adhesion (contracts where you really don't have a choice when you sign up, nor do you actually have some say in the terms) between AT&T and us which lock us for a few years with one company. And, when we break them, we've agreed to arbitration and other alternatives that don't actually let us sue in court like you would in a normal contract (consider recent court rulings which have actually LIMITED our rights against suing companies in class action matters).
Respectfully, this is not free market. This is actually favorable treatment for companies. And they spend millions making you think that its free market.
