 bencPremium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
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| Why Should Customers Like It? I know I don't.
If I get a connection, it's with the idea that I can use it and transfer as much as I want, as long as I don't try to hack the ISP to get a faster speed I didn't pay for (uncapping).
Also, the Internet is a different animal than other things such as gasoline, electricity, water, and natural gas. Unlike utilities, data may be transferred regardless of what you're doing or not doing. If someone pings you, bandwidth is used. Even if you block pings bandwidth is still used since your PC must first receive a packet in order to deny it. The point is that there's really no control. It's not like electricity where you can decide if you need to flick that switch, and you have absolute control. To pay for bandwidth is like paying to receive letters in the mail. You'll end up paying for advertisements on web pages, SPAM, virii, and other nasties. If this is implemented, DoS attacks will be hundreds of times worse.
The only system in place now that both uses a pay-per-use model and you have no control is the SMS message. Any message you receive, you pay for. For that reason I always tell people that if they have a mobile phone they should block SMS. Without blocking, an attack could cost a user about $300/mo. more, if you figure 100 E-mails/day, converted to SMS, and the SMS cost $.10 each. In fact I'm surprised I haven't heard of any cases like this.
Another reason is just plain simplicity. When I moved in here, I had different choices for POTS pricing.
I could have chosen the option of a low monthly rate but a per-minute charge on domestic long distance. But there's no way I'm doing that.
I instead chose the option that allows for unlimited domestic long distance for a flat rate. It's simpler, and I never have to worry about what the next bill is going to cost.
I still have to pay-per-minute for international phone calls, but fortunately I don't do very many of those. |
