Comments on: Traffic Shaping Coming to a Mobile Network Near You http://gigaom.com/2011/04/05/traffic-shaping-coming-to-a-mobile-network-near-you/ Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ray http://gigaom.com/2011/04/05/traffic-shaping-coming-to-a-mobile-network-near-you/#comment-614352 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:05:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=326014#comment-614352 An industry that adopts common practices and policies that aren’t in the consumers best interests is the very definition of a closed-market “cartel.”

I don’t mind individual wireless companies attempting to wring out the last possible dollar from their customers as open-market competition should limit egregious behavior. However, it’s quite clear that the U.S. wireless market is anything other than competitive. The proposed AT&T/U.S. T-Mobile merger and carriers moving in lock-step when it comes to pricing and network management only means we’re moving in the wrong direction.

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