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With profit margins on existing internet customers being so obscene, to me this program seems like a massive subsidy to the big ISPs who were still making additional profit from what the "discounted" rate was. The minimum plan for just cable internet should not be $50+ per month

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Without it, those consumers would pay more. I use the ACP and it's not like Spectrum is going to give me $30/mo off my bill simply because the program is ending.

I agree with you that pricing is outrageous but no one is doing anything to address it and the ACP is one of the better programs the government has created lately.

I'm on xfinity $35 a month for 75mb down. Video meetings are the most demanding part and it's not an issue at all when working from home. The lowest tier Internet these days is more than fast enough. Having lower priced tiers would be nice. Greater Seattle area if anyone is wondering.

Yeah I'm in a similar boat on one of the islands and power outages are a much bigger problem for me than the internet speed.

Instead of discounts they should set soft price caps; internet service under $X or your exclusive service provider deals with the local government are void. Or they should just outlaw those deals entirely.

Exclusive franchise agreements have been void for decades now. The biggest barrier to entry is that it is extremely uneconomical to run cables as the third provider. There's also issues with pole access and what not, that don't help.

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