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tiger72
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| Re: Slowdown said by Matt  :The slowdown in traffic is directly due to the slowdown in new subscribers. Which has prompted the ISPs to look for new revenue streams -- of which the whopper is metered billing. Metered billing slows consumption while increasing the profitability of each customer and providing a new revenue stream for network upgrades. So much for the old school cost of doing business! Unfortunately, by using metered billing they may just yet be signing their own death warrants. Stagnation of the internet due to restrictive bandwidth policies may very well lead to less use of the internet, less e-commerce, less e-gaming, less e-video consumption, and eventually less users.
Alternatively, all it takes is a single competitor to come in and steal away their customers, and thanks to wireless technology advances, that competition can come in many forms. WiMax, Cellular 3G/4G, etc.. are looking better and better as future alternatives. T-Mobile could very well be my next HSI provider if local cable and phone companies continue down their path.
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major marco
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| Re: Slowdown said by tiger72 :... by using metered billing they may just yet be signing their own death warrants. Stagnation of the internet due to restrictive bandwidth policies may very well lead to less use of the internet, less e-commerce, less e-gaming, less e-video consumption, and eventually less users. Perhaps, but I don't see subscribers migrating en masse to wifi, consequently. What will most likely happen -considering the massive recession the U.S. economy seems directly on course for- those who can no longer afford BB will simply revert back to dial up, meanwhile, the remaining subscribers who get their BB from cable & telco providers will simply be squeezed that much more to make up the difference.
These providers know precisely what they're doing. A good analogy to this is renting a residence. Those who can't afford the excessive rent increases simply leave. Those who choose to stay behind are simply fucked up the ass that much harder squeezed harder.
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| Re: Slowdown said by major marco :These providers know precisely what they're doing. A good analogy to this is renting a residence. Those who can't afford the excessive rent increases simply leave. Those who choose to stay behind are simply fucked up the ass that much harder squeezed harder. Leave to go where? U-Verse? They have stated metered billing is coming. The reality is that most people have two choices, Cable or Telco ... and both will (except for possibly FiOS) move to metered billing. I don't think for one second FiOS will pass up that juicy profit once all the other companies switch however. They'll hang on for a while to pick up any stragglers and use it as a marketing ploy, then they'll fall in line.
Our infrastructure needs a complete overhaul to break the cooperative stranglehold on the last mile. Why do you think the local ILEC/MSOs sue the pants off any organization who even mentions "muni-broadband" ... then launches a FUD campaign?
They killed line sharing and are so greedy (even in Canada, see Bell Canada's latest tactic to nullify line sharing since they are still forced to) they'll use any excuse to kill off all competition so they control the last mile. | |
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