scott wrote:
>> - Package 1 only allows you to access item A.
>> - Package 2 only allows you to access item B.
>> - Package 3 only allows you to access item C.
>> - Package 4 only allows you to access items A and B.
>> - Package 5 allows you to access items A, B and D, but not C.
>> ...
>>
>> Of course, these are stupid, stupid choices, but hey, it'll allow ISPs
>> to charge you way more money for exactly the same thing, which can
>> only be good, right? (For the ISPs, that is.)
> 
> That will only happen if all ISPs work together to fix the prices, which
> is strictly illegal under EU law.  And even if it did happen, there

	I suspect it's illegal only if they collude.

	Don't _expect_ that the market will always fix this naturally. Take
text messaging on cell phones. It is *ridiculously* expensive. Yet no
mainstream provider (at least in the US) has decided to compete by
reducing prices. Does this mean they're colluding? No.

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