 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | reply to redshift
Re: The problem with metered service... 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. |
