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Old 12-26-2010, 09:12 PM  
BlackCrayon
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Originally Posted by u-Bob View Post
Like i said, you have a right to use your own property. You can sell and buy things and you can choose what not to buy. If you don't agree to the terms/conditions of sale or don't like the quality of the product... don't buy that product. Just because you consider a certain product or service to be a 'utility', to be 'essential' or 'convenient' or... doesn't give you the right to violate other people's property rights by dictating how they should sell their product or what product they should sell or at what price they should sell their product. If an ISP wants to sell "email-only" packages or "youtube only" packages, than that is their right... their property = their choice. if you don't like those products, then don't buy them.

If you don't want to be at the mercy of big corporations, then why do you want the state to regulate things? It's the big corporations that tell politicians what laws and regulations to make... By allowing the State to regulate things, you are eventually giving the big corporations powers they wouldn't be able to gain in a free market.
why do you view internet access as a product? also, isn't this a kind of bait and switch? build a customer base and then change the service completely? will full disclosure be given to the customer? can you name a couple of examples where a free market has empowered consumers rather than corporations?
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