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Why do they want to do this? ... I consider $$$ to be their driving motive. If they didn't make more $$$ by doing it, they wouldn't bother. Technically, freeing up bandwidth for them is a 'good thing' because they can sell it and make more $$$. If you happen to get better service, that is a nice side benefit. But then that means that since you get more 'utility' from them, they can raise your rates without you whining to some regulatory agency that they are trying to take all your $$$ (which they are). Ok, I am a bit overboard. But since companies, especially publicly held ones, are $$$ driven, the argument is not without some foundation. The only question is are customers willing to pay the additional $$$ or have the customers finally hit an inflexible limitation in their customer base. Or can a competitor now come in and replace their service (the phone company tries, but isn't there, currently).
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