I agree with you. That is the obvious reaction from their cellular competitors. Plus, the content providers will not want to limit their footprint to one cellular provider.
I should have cross linked the cable TV threads I put up earlier. It was a jab at an emerging "cable company" practice of "capping internet usage"... but not explicitly stated as such.
I believe the reason they are setting caps is because Cable TV companies are beginning to lose subscriptions. Partly because of services like netflix. If cable companies make anti-competitive moves, their competitors will not just give up.
That is an example of an innovative way of dealing with the high cost of wireless... the content provider pays (passed on to consumers indirectly)! I can see the phone companies taking advantage of that model and seizing the opportunity to compete with fixed line internet competitors if there is a way to make money.
Apparently Comcast is moving in that direction and capping internet usage in some areas. They claim they are testing it out???? IMO; it is an anti-competitive move to protect their cable TV business and place companies like google, netflix, Amazon and others at a disadvantage.
IOW; the Genie is out of the Bottle! Google, Amazon, Netflix, and others have disrupted the traditional cable TV industry!
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