 DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
4 edits | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Re: Great, More Ammo For The Cap Arguments Because ISP infrastructure doesn't decay when idle and the water company doesn't charge me for a lot of water unless I actually use it.
Meanwhile my water "hookup" fee is less than $10 and the water company isn't capping water usage to protect their electricity revenues. Additionally, technology for water delivery isn't scalable and can't be improved and is greatly affected by terrain and distance. ISP efficiency improves with time. Water delivery does not. Fluid mechanics is fluid mechanics and pumps are pumps. The water pump guys don't roll out pumps with exponential improvements in efficiency and performance every few years.
You can't even begin to compare water delivery with data delivery. In terms of data, a lot of ISPs pay for the pipe size, regardless of actually how much data goes through it.
IOW, the ISP charging $45 PLUS overage fees is like the water company charging $200 plus overage fees. That $45 for the ISP covers every type of user just as $200+ water bill would allow water users to leave their hoses on 24/7.
And the proof that the $45 covers the users is that the data services division profit margins are increasing, despite increased traffic. Caps are absolutely unjustified. The ISPs aren't running at capacity and they're already overcharging for service. |
