 Duramax08Win8 sucksPremium
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX
 ·Millenicom
·Cricket Broadband
| "somebody who reads email once a week" If you have someone that reads email only once a week i.e. grandma, give them dial up. No use to have broadband if you arent going to use it that much.
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| Mr. Anderson Someone put a photoshop of the CEO with Agent Smith. |
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| Gee... When an internet provider is attending not a tech conference but a BANKING conference it should give you the full indication of who TWC is in bed with. If a company has profited repeatedly over the years then tell the consumer the only way they can survive is to charge you more money (unless of course you sign up for 150 channels of useless cable TV service) then one can consider it bull.
Only problem is people here in the US have their heads up their collective butts instead of sitting on their elected officials until they support a free and open internet and not one controlled by people who's sole and only motive is increased profits. If the people here stand up like they did in Canada these companies will either back off or upset the customers which in turn will upset profits when in turn - upsets the stockholders.
The only way to stop them is to stop the flow of money and if that means shutting off your internet for a few months isn't that worth the loss to save the internet you've been using for years? No money, no profits. No profits = unhappy stockholders. End of story. Contact your local officials and if your provider imposes caps and outrageous fees SHUT IT OFF and find another provider if possible. Those who take care of their customers deserve to get our business. Those who do not need to be put out of business. Since all these companies have debts to pay if their income is strangled they'll have to back down. |
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| Maybe Glenn Britt Will Finally Get It I would laugh if TW does go to a usage model and another ISP company comes in (or already exists) that does flat rate and all the TW internet customers flock to the flat rate ISP in droves.
Maybe then Britt will finally get it. Then again maybe he's too stupid not to get it at all in that he'll probably think of another lame excuse to explain as to why TW customers are leaving for the flat-rate ISPs. Ten bucks says he'll blame piracy.
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 IIIBradIIIComm M-E-L Instr
join:2000-09-28
Greer, SC | Because Repeating It Over And Over Magically Makes It True? Because Repeating It Over And Over Magically Makes It True?
It worked for evolutionary theory. |
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| reply to Duramax08
Re: "somebody who reads email once a week" True, 100kbps should come free with TV for grandma (they can still rip her off by renting the modem). |
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| Not true No one will pay less, but many people will pay more.
It is not true metered billing, but low caps and high overage charges.
If I use almost 0 electricity this month I will pay almost 0, but even if I turn off my cable modem, I will not pay 0 no matter what plan I choose. |
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Re: Gee... Probably less than 40% of customers would even notice the new pricing, and if the top 25% of bandwidth users canceled TWC's profit would probably only increase. Even if there was a slowdown in profit growth, a price increase on existing accounts would bring things back to normal. |
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 QCPremium
join:2008-03-02
Cleveland, OH | The meter's running OK, lets say AT&T does metered billing. Could IPTV (like U-Verse) traffic be separated? Because that's Mega GIGs, and if they can separate it, I will fear them. |
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 gatorkramNeed for SpeedPremium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
kudos:2 | Abuse your internet connection day... We should invent a new holiday, and call it abuse your internet connection day.
Everyone could find some things to download and upload, utilizing their full pipe for a 24 hour period.
It would be to protest silly per gig usage charges, caps, etc.
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gatorkramNeed for SpeedPremium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
kudos:2 | Oh... wait, did I say abuse? I mean uh, fair use day,  |
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 baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
·Comcast
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Re: Not true said by AlexNYC:No one will pay less, but many people will pay more.
....If two people are paying two different prices, one is more, and one is less? |
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2 | Because Repeating It Over And Over Magically Makes It True? You're just annoyed that they're stealing your approach, Karl. |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to IIIBradIII
said by IIIBradIII:Because Repeating It Over And Over Magically Makes It True? UBB will happen. But TWC can't sell it with super low caps like they tried to do. Real UBB with reasonable caps and reasonable per GB fees will most likely happen at all major providers eventually - online video will guarantee it.
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Re: Abuse your internet connection day... Might want to call it Bring Down The Internet Day because that's what we've been told would happen if everyone could just use their connection as they see fit.
If the caps were just about abuse why not give users WELL OVER what the average user would need and just make sure there is a cap sufficient enough to deal with just them?
Because that's not what this is about nor has it ever been. |
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| No one is fooled when you get your internet bill As can be seen with Rogers and Bell in Canada under usage based billing many people see their internet bill double. |
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 coldmoonPremium
join:2002-02-04
Broadway, NC
 ·Windstream
| reply to IIIBradIII
Re: Because Repeating It Over And Over Magically Makes It True? said by IIIBradIII:Because Repeating It Over And Over Magically Makes It True?
It worked for evolutionary theory.
Problem is, is that the theory of Evolution IS true by all the evidence I have ever seen or studied in school so the analogy fails spectacularly here...
JMHO
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| Repeating a Lie They teach in business grad school that if you repeat a lie over and over the public will believe it. As the cost of providing the service decreases all they care about is increasing the cost to the customer because the pool of customers is drying up, everyone is connected. |
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baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI Reviews:
·Comcast
| Proposal: Speed AND consumption pricing models. A while ago, I thought of a speed/consumption based model. I dont think per-gig is the answer, but there may be overages.
This is just an example
Speed:
3mb - $10
10mb - $20
25mb - $35
100mb - $70
Usage:
10gig - $10
100 gig - $20
500 gig - $35
Unlimited - $50
That way, people that need a lot of bandwidth, but may not need the speed (big file transfers, work related) can buy a large useage, but maybe a lower speed. If someone needs a lot of speed, but not necessarily a lot of usage (occasional video online, gaming), it can support them. Then, people who want a super fast connection with as much as they can download will have an option, but it will be more expensive than the rest. "Grandmas" can get a lower internet, and low usage, for the "reading the emails once a week" as a reasonable cost.
Again, these are just ballpark figures more than anything. Obviously over time, speed and consumption will increase, but a foundation where people actually have a CHOICE would be nice.
Thoughts? |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to megarock
Re: Gee... said by megarock:When an internet provider is attending not a tech conference but a BANKING conference it should give you the full indication of who TWC is in bed with. It's an investor conference. Where do you think money comes from to expand capacity and build infrastructure? Paying customers are only one piece.said by megarock:The only way to stop them is to stop the flow of money and if that means shutting off your internet for a few months isn't that worth the loss to save the internet you've been using for years? We're a consumption, gotta have it, society and many aren't willing to make that sacrifice. Witness the continuing cost increases in pay TV. |
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