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

[Pemalite]

fatslob-:O said:

Pemalite said:

Or. They could offer the lot for a lower price, these telecommunications companies rake in the billions, it's not like they are doing it difficult financially.

Just remember... If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And nothing is broke yet.

Except big US telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon have net profit margins 8.1% and 10.4% respectively so their hardly making a killing ...

They rake in billions but they also spend billions too to improve infrastructure and service ... 

According to this... Verizons profit margins hit upwards of 16.3%.
https://ycharts.com/companies/VZ/profit_margin

And AT&T had peaks of 21%.
https://ycharts.com/companies/T/profit_margin

Verizon itself brings in $125~ Billion USD in revenue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Communications

AT&T brings in $160~ Billion USD in revenue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT&T

They aren't doing it as tough as you think they are... They also tend to give billions to shareholders.

Instead of trying to scam consumers with Micro-transactions... They should try to value-add, which many providers did here Pre-NBN to try and get customers.
In short, they lowered prices, but got consumers to spend more and locked them into contracts.

fatslob-:O said:

VGPolyglot said:

And they are not going without revenue.

And these margins can hardly be described as "killing" ... 

Comfortable, yes but not omnipotent that they'd be able to sustain losses for years ... 

They have diversified enough for that never to become an issue.
AT&T and Verizon combined also have over half a trillion dollars in assets that they can leverage.