Reply #7: Welcome to the GOP world of oversold. [View All]

[TahitiNut]

The world of deregulation ... the world of "free trade" (the choice of 'take it' or 'leave it') ... the world where such deliberately oversold bandwidth can only be fought by a class action suit with little remaining chance of succeeding (federal courts only, now, right?), even if the 'customers' could find a deep-pocketed law firm to take the case.

The 'theory' is that the oversold capacity will (somehow, magically) cause someone to add capacity to meet market demand. Don't hold your breath.

The 'good news' is that there's a precedent. AOL oversold their capacity in the 90s and lost a major class action suit ... and had to settle. Laws? They're what get argued in a class action suit. It's not criminal. Yet.