The op-eds I link to cite the sources of their data and the methodologies used. If you want to take issue with them, go ahead. To say that these statements are on equal ground as commenters saying as a statement of fact that telcos are HIGHLY profitable and their owners are one of the richest people in the US is absurd. The dslreports editorial contains no sources for its 90% profitability claim or the methodology used in reaching this. [quote=“Dave_Baxter, post:35, topic:17112”]
Also, there’s no such thing as “artificially low” pricing if the companies are profitable.
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Sure there are. Slavery, for example, produces artificially low prices in comparison to a market where you have to pay for labour. The government subsidization of Wal Mart employees through medicaid, food stamps, and other forms of assistance creates artificially low prices. Government subsidization of internet infrastructure in other countries, as well as their right to use the infrastructure of others also creates an artificially low pricing structure as compared to the US system. The entire concept of anti-dumping sanctions is based on the reality of artificially low pricing.
