FCC is trying to end net neutrality. This is what it can look like.

[Zkuq]

Pemalite said:

Zkuq said:

But it seems this is already happening in Portugal? Thus it's not a worst-case scenario but reality instead. Also, I seriously doubt any competition is going to show up to save you. I imagine it's very hard to get into telecom business, and as long as the situation doesn't get too bad (only worse), there won't be enough demand for competition anyway.

According to the Australian Beureau of Statistics I have access to 419 Internet Service Providers (With 77~ being large companies), which all have access to the same physical infrastructure.
So I am pretty sure competition in my case will ensure such a thing never happens.

People do need to complain until the cows come home... Complaints is what has brought us to the point where companies like EA are taking a long hard look at Micro-transactions, people are voting with their wallets and their voices and it's working.

It doesn't seem as good in the US though, unless this Wikipedia article about telecom companies and this Wikipedia article about broadband providers are missing something essential. It seems there's a relatively limited amount of nation-wide service providers, and I doubt local service providers can really make much of a mark in the big picture unless the situation is absolutely horrible. Of course in your case the situation sounds good, this thread seems to be more about the US.

EA is the only case where I know people have actually managed to change anything about microtransactions, and even it's not a guaranteed change - last I heard, it sounded like microtransactions were on hold and could simply be coming back. Personally I'd also attribute the supposedly weak sales mainly to the first game: I'm under the impression the same happened with Watch Dogs 2 and Titanfall 2 as well. People didn't like the first game that much, so there's less interest about the sequel as well. This seems to be in line with the same pattern.