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 redshiftPremium
join:2004-03-23
Beverly Hills, CA
1 edit | reply to bmn
Re: The problem with metered service... The problem with places like Australia isn 't the fact that bandwidth is limited (it's not really unlimited anywhere else, except maybe Japan) because even in "Well connected" places like Canada you are kicked off the network if you download more than a certain amount, it's the cost of broadband. In all other developed nations a reasonable prices broadband service, with about 100 gigs of download is in the $40-$60 range, whereas in Australia that would be easily $120 +
One thing about metering that the ISPs may not like is that if you pay for a certain amount of bandwidth and you have access to how much you consume, you are probably more likely to consume the remaining amount of you bandwidth at the end of the month, because you paid for it. So they will have a lot of the heavy users actually using their excess bandwidth at the end of the month, then perhaps they otherwise would simply because they can; because they know what they have left.
Also some of the better ISPs in Canada (teksavvy) already meter, but they do have an unlimited option. $30 for 100gigs of DSL /month is quite reasonable.
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 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | said by redshift:One thing about metering that the ISPs may not like is that if you pay for a certain amount of bandwidth and you have access to how much you consume, you are probably more likely to consume the remaining amount of you bandwidth at the end of the month, because you paid for it. So they will have a lot of the heavy users actually using their excess bandwidth at the end of the month, than perhaps they otherwise would simply because they can. If I am charged $X for yGB of bandwidth, I should be given that amount - ie: Roll-Over of unused Bandwidth. The unused Bandwidth can expire (if not used in a designated period of time), get discounted (ie: The Bandwidth from 2 months ago might only be worth 75%), or exchangeable for discounted monthly payments (ex: Once I have yGB of Rolled-Over bandwidth, I get a free month of service that burns off the full yGB even if not all used). In each case the ISP is delivering what was paid for - ie: An average of yGB/month for my $X. | |
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