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fAcEtIOUs Premium join:2002-03-03 kudos:4	reply to Test99 Re: In Favor Of By-The-Byte Pricing said by Test99: I'm very much in favor of by-the-byte pricing. Let me explain by an analogy. Now there's a significant number of people who prefer by-the-minute plans, and many VOIP providers offer both options. What if Internet providers offered a choice of "unlimited" and by-the-byte pricing? I'd be ecstatic if I could cut my broadband bill by two thirds, or better yet if I could choose maybe ten times the speed for the same price I'm paying now. I have absolutely nothing against Bit Torrent. I just don't want to subsidize others' use of it. For light users, what's not to like about by-the-byte pricing? I agree. Pay per byte is coming - no matter what some here say. -- Internet News My BLOG My Web Page
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DotMac4 Shill H8r Premium join:2007-10-26 Huntington Beach, CA 2 edits	Perhaps, but it would take a lot of major ISPs doing it at the same time. Otherwise it's all of them looking at each other seeing who is going to be the first to do it. And likely, cable who would want to do it can't, because the telcos have the capacity and won't follow cable to bill by the MB. And I say telcos have the capacity only in that SO FAR they haven't implemented the phantom caps or user cancellations that some of the cable operators have. I'm also not aware of Verizon or AT&T using aggressive traffic shaping. If they are, then they might follow suit should cable try it. Widespread DOCSIS 3 deployments may make the entire cable capacity issue moot for at least the short term.
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Matt All noise, no signal. Premium join:2003-07-20 Jamestown, NC kudos:12	reply to fAcEtIOUs said by fAcEtIOUs: said by Test99: I'm very much in favor of by-the-byte pricing. Let me explain by an analogy. Now there's a significant number of people who prefer by-the-minute plans, and many VOIP providers offer both options. What if Internet providers offered a choice of "unlimited" and by-the-byte pricing? I'd be ecstatic if I could cut my broadband bill by two thirds, or better yet if I could choose maybe ten times the speed for the same price I'm paying now. I have absolutely nothing against Bit Torrent. I just don't want to subsidize others' use of it. For light users, what's not to like about by-the-byte pricing? I agree. Pay per byte is coming - no matter what some here say. Perhaps on the lower tiers, but there will always be an unlimited tier and I doubt it'll be more than what people currently pay. -- Pretty Fly for a White Guy™
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