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Post #237,950
by ben_tilly
12/13/05 7:18:50 PM
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New It can be
I direct you to the Microsoft trial.

In US law, if you have a monopoly in one area, using bundling to try to leverage that monopoly in another is anti-competitive. If you do not have a monopoly, then you're allowed to bundle to your heart's content in your quest for customers.

An economic note. If there are two competitors in the same space, one of whom bundles and the other of whom sells services individually, the predicted result is a disasterous price war between them until one or the other goes out of business.

Cheers,
Ben
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Post #237,960
by boxley
12/13/05 8:42:54 PM
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New situation right now is phone/cable/cellular/wifi
all occupying the same space, markets. Example Verizon in Norfolk Virginia vs other operators.
thanx,
bill
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     ISPs want to change basic Internet QOS terms - (JayMehaffey) - (10) - Dec. 13, 2005, 05:56:16 PM EST
         ISPs should be forcibly divested of all non-ISP businesses. - (inthane-chan) - (9) - Dec. 13, 2005, 06:07:48 PM EST
             bundling is not anti competitive - (boxley) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2005, 06:57:01 PM EST
                 It can be - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2005, 07:18:50 PM EST
                     situation right now is phone/cable/cellular/wifi - (boxley) - Dec. 13, 2005, 08:42:54 PM EST
             There's a better solution. - (static) - (5) - Dec. 13, 2005, 07:16:55 PM EST
                 Better? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2005, 07:29:15 PM EST
                     That's taking it further than I had envisaged... - (static) - Dec. 13, 2005, 07:45:28 PM EST
                 Okay who pays for the copper/fibre plants? - (boxley) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2005, 08:45:55 PM EST
                     They are a special case. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2005, 09:07:21 PM EST
                         Oh gawd, then the union wars start - (boxley) - Dec. 13, 2005, 09:13:06 PM EST

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