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Ahrenl

join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
reply to Ulmo
Re: So?

That would be cool.

So would A-la-carte cable pricing. I don't see either happening ever.

Ulmo

join:2005-09-22
San Jose, CA
·Comcast
·SONIC.NET

reply to Ahrenl
I'd prefer they get a decent margin over the charges they're actually paying: traffic to certain destinations (within their network, for instance) would have their within network prices, and traffic to certain other destinations (those carriers they have peering and transit agreements with and even private connections to) would have the costs associated and appropriate for each of those other carriers. That way, I can start blacklisting or avoiding the carriers they are using that are costing me too much, and those that are so cheap that they don't work well enough, and focus on the good value ones.

Ahrenl

join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
·Verizon FIOS

reply to sdfffg
As long as they're telling you up front what service they're selling you, it's exactly the same as every other non-shady transaction completed.

As far as I'm concerned, you seem to be ignorant to the fact that bandwidth is a variable cost to ISPs. Therefore, in order to offer you a fixed price they need to either, cap your speed, or cap your monthly total usage. What they should do, in my opinion, is just have a variable additional cost over the 100gb set limit. Although, I would put a opt-in clause for user to be put on the variable overage plan.

openbox9

join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast

reply to sdfffg
said by sdfffg :

The price i pay as far as i am concerned as the consumer takes care of all their costs which seems to be 39.95/month.
And it does...based on the specified caps, ToS, and AUP. You get what you pay for

openbox9

join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast

reply to sdfgg
said by sdfgg :

Yes it does

Why does a company have to dictate to me what i can and cannot do over the internet.
I don't see where the companies are dictating what you can and cannot do over your internet connection. They are simply limiting how much you can do over your connection.


sdfffg

@ab.ca

reply to TKJunkMail
The price i pay as far as i am concerned as the consumer takes care of all their costs which seems to be 39.95/month.

This includes pay, equipment maintenence and power supply for running the network. If it costs them more then thats not my problem as a consumer.


TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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·Comcast

reply to sdfgg
said by sdfgg :

Yes it does

Why does a company have to dictate to me what i can and cannot do over the internet.
Because it costs more to provide what you want than you are willing to pay for it. So they have to control how much you get for what you are willing to pay.
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sdfgg

@ab.ca
reply to TKJunkMail
Yes it does

Why does a company have to dictate to me what i can and cannot do over the internet.
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