kd6caeP2p Shouldn't Be A Crime
join:2001-08-27
Palmdale, CA Reviews:
 ·Vitelity VOIP
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| What's the point of broadband if you can't use it! Wow I don't understand these ISP's reasoning for wanting to restrict user's ability to use the service they pay for for whatever they wish. Exactly why are the ISP's so concerned with how much bandwidth their users consume, when the users are paying them for a given speed package? If I want to host an FTP server, or run a multiperson conference server, or even run a p2p application, it should be my choice to do whatever I wish with my internet connection, and with users being given such crappy upload speeds as 384kbps, just what is the ISP worried about, when surely they're connected to their upstream providers at at least 1000mbps, perhaps more? This is the year 2007, and some of us want to actually take advantage of our broadband speeds, not just check email and surf small web pages. Heck if that's all the ISP wants us to do, I'm sure there is a decent dial-up provider that could serve those needs nicely! What good is broadband if we cannot take advantage of the speed offered with broadband! What's the point in having it if we can't do things like streaming audio/video, or being able to share files with folks. this is the internet for god sake, let us use what we pay for! |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | Because ISP's defray costs to consumers by balancing their networks for "average" use, not people that feel they should be able to max their connections 100% of the time. If consumers want to continue paying $45/mth for reasonable connections, something has to change and this is merely one avenue of change. Others are capping traffic, pay-per-byte models, decreasing throughput offerings, or increasing consumer costs. Which option would you prefer? Personally, I like the pay-per-byte model. |
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kd6caeP2p Shouldn't Be A Crime
join:2001-08-27
Palmdale, CA Reviews:
·Vitelity VOIP
·AT&T U-Verse
| yes I think I'd like the pay per byte model. I have a dedicated server that's on a 1000mbps network, and I can use it fully, so long as I do not go over 2000gb a month. I think ISP's should at least have an option of a package like that, that would give you an uncapped line that would deliver whatever the cable/dsl line could do, and you get so many gigs per month. It works fine for me and my server, so internet users that want it I think would be OK with that. Of course you could still have lower tiers of service that'd be unmetered as well. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to kd6cae
said by kd6cae:Wow I don't understand these ISP's reasoning for wanting to restrict user's ability to use the service they pay for for whatever they wish. Exactly why are the ISP's so concerned with how much bandwidth their users consume, Welllket's see if 10 guys hogging bandwidth in a area causes them to lose 100 customers because they they can't surfer without issues then DUH, let's see 100>10.
this is the internet for god sake, let us use what we pay for!
You don't honestly believe you are paying $45 a month to be able download a TB of data do you? Get a business account then. or how's this, How about they jack-up rates $40 a month then you can download all you want while people that don't use 1% that you do pay for it? Sound fair to you? |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to kd6cae
said by kd6cae:yes I think I'd like the pay per byte model. I like this under 2 conditions.
1)The pay per byte only applies AFTER you hit a certain ceiling. And that ceiling needs to be reasonable
2) The ISPs gives you a tool that you can use to accurately monitor your useage. None of this suprise when you get the bill because you didn't know you were over the ceiling. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | said by BF69:1)The pay per byte only applies AFTER you hit a certain ceiling. And that ceiling needs to be reasonable Agreed. I see a model similar to what is currently used for cell phone packages.said by BF69:2) The ISPs gives you a tool that you can use to accurately monitor your useage. None of this suprise when you get the bill because you didn't know you were over the ceiling. Easy enough. Once again, I see a system similar to cell phone plans...log into a website and look at "bytes used". Also, it's easy enough to monitor your own traffic to compare with what you provider says you transferred. |
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 Skilos
join:2000-08-19
Astoria, NY | reply to BF69
BF69 said
"Get a business account then. or how's this, How about they jack-up rates $40 a month then you can download all you want while people that don't use 1% that you do pay for it? Sound fair to you?"
then they should not have gotten broadband , they should stay with dial up. |
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