 MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | I tend to agree... why offer these kinds of speeds if you're going to burn through the monthly cap in no time? seems kind of pointless. Why not offer a truly unlimited option for more money, for those who are willing to pay it? I'd pay $150 a month for a truly unlimited residential connection at those speeds.
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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
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| said by MarkyD:... I'd pay $150 a month for a truly unlimited residential connection at those speeds. $150? How about $500? or $5,000 per month ''for a truly unlimited residential connection'' ? or some number that more represents the true cost of the bandwidth/backbone capacity costs? And what are you going to do with the terabytes of downloads each month? |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC Reviews:
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The difference here is that there's true competition (as far as I can tell), so if a new provider wants to offer service on the Utopia network with a higher cap, they can. They are telling people up front what their cap is, and 100GB is reasonable. As internet usage grows, competitors can raise the caps to compete with each other.
I am curious what the business reason for the cap is, if the network is so robust. |
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| All UTOPIA is, is a FTTH ethernet network. Xmission and AT&T have to buy their internet connections and that's where the cap and cost issues come into play. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to axus
Because the network has to pay the backbone; or restrict users to just the network. |
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to MarkyD
said by MarkyD:why offer these kinds of speeds if you're going to burn through the monthly cap in no time? seems kind of pointless. Why not offer a truly unlimited option for more money, for those who are willing to pay it? I'd pay $150 a month for a truly unlimited residential connection at those speeds. 50Mbps/50Mbps business class (i.e. unlimited) connections will run you between $4000 and $10,000 per month, and that price only applies if you are in an on-net building. Add in an OC3 or two DS3 local loops if you are in an off-net location, and you are talking about $8000 to $20,000 per month. YOU would gladly pay that?? If so, send me a PM and I will get the paperwork in your hands this afternoon!
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MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | said by wifi4milez:said by MarkyD:why offer these kinds of speeds if you're going to burn through the monthly cap in no time? seems kind of pointless. Why not offer a truly unlimited option for more money, for those who are willing to pay it? I'd pay $150 a month for a truly unlimited residential connection at those speeds. 50Mbps/50Mbps business class (i.e. unlimited) connections will run you between $4000 and $10,000 per month, and that price only applies if you are in an on-net building. Add in an OC3 or two DS3 local loops if you are in an off-net location, and you are talking about $8000 to $20,000 per month. YOU would gladly pay that?? If so, send me a PM and I will get the paperwork in your hands this afternoon! Verizon is offering 20/20mbps uncapped. Why can't UTOPIA providers do something similar?
Your argument is actually moot. a 50/50 business connection comes with an SLA. FTTH does not. It's becoming more and more common for users to crank up the speeds on residential connections...Don't offer 50/50 if you're going to cap it. There are plenty of legitimate reasons that one would use 100GB or more per month, many of which have nothing to do with P2P or file trading. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | I'm sure you can find a service provider on Utopia that is not capped. But you'll pay considerably more for the extra bandwidth to cover the costs. Verizon is offering uncapped (maybe) 20/20 now, because only a small fraction of their internet base has access to it, and most users don't use the bandwidth that their monthly fees cover. IOW they have economies of scale working for them... |
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