hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to DaMaGeINC
Re: Cap Solution
it maybe but a business should NOT be using a Residential connection period. If they conduct professional business they should have to pay for that. |
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viperlmw
Premium
join:2005-01-25
 ·Qwest.net
| said by hottboiinnc  :it maybe but a business should NOT be using a Residential connection period. If they conduct professional business they should have to pay for that. Holly crap! This is twice I have agreed with the poster from the Buckeye State! |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| reply to hottboiinnc
said by hottboiinnc :it maybe but a business should NOT be using a Residential connection period. If they conduct professional business they should have to pay for that. Why? If they're willing to accept the lower reliability of a "residential" connection and the other caveats (dynamic IP, possibly ports blocked), why should it matter if they're conducting "business"? I mean, in the end it's not like business class cable customers get a special cable network all to themselves- they're on the same node. |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to hottboiinnc
No, nobody should have to pay for anything they don't want to. What SHOULD happen is that competitors offer a better product for less money, if what is there costs too much.
Businesses for reliability, home cable and DSL are not always very reliable... you are lucky if you never see problems. But for some businesses, they don't depend 100% on the internet so it's OK if its unreliable, then they can buy the cheaper stuff.
How would you like it if Comcast said "I won't sell you home service, you have to buy business, and it's 10 times the price." You would tell them where they could go. |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
 ·Comcast
·Embarq
|  reply to hottboiinnc
 Are you saying that if I call my office from my home telephone for business purposes I should pay business rates for my home telephone line? Normally a telephone line is classified as a business line if it is advertised in a business listing. I would think if a customer requests a fixed IP Address and uses it to host a website that would be called business use. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to EPS
biz class customers do get something Res. doesnt. they get QOS on the cable network. And why? because you're conducting business. If you're a business or making profit off your internet connection you should have to pay for a business class connection you shouldnt get special treatment-just because you're willing to accept anything at a lower service level. But all of you that would accept it just for the price would be on here as soon as their was a problem bitching about how you hate the service and it doesnt work for your business...blah blah blah. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| Complain all you want, you're the one who bought the service...
I know someone who runs his engineering business off of a "residential" dial-up account (and only has one phone line at that, which really boggles the mind)- some businesses don't need the benefits of a business class connection. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| reply to Mr Matt
said by Mr Matt :Normally a telephone line is classified as a business line if it is advertised in a business listing. Noo... business lines are classified as such if you conduct "business use" over those lines.. yes, you can't list a residential line in a business directory in the incumbent directory.. but it's classified, actually, on two things, largely.. 1) the dwelling - commercial zoned areas will get you a commercial line. 2) Business "use" is considered a business line. If a phone company finds that you actually run a business off a residential line, they have the right to terminate your service or change you to commercial.
I would think if a customer requests a fixed IP Address and uses it to host a website that would be called business use. Is that becuase all websites are business in nature?  |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
 ·Cox VOIP
·Skype
·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southeast
·magicjack.com
| reply to viperlmw
said by viperlmw :said by hottboiinnc :it maybe but a business should NOT be using a Residential connection period. If they conduct professional business they should have to pay for that. Holly crap! This is twice I have agreed with the poster from the Buckeye State! Well, at least you weren't agreeing with someone from the great outhouse state--Alabama. 
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magusat999
join:2005-07-08
Oakland, CA
| reply to hottboiinnc
Actually - why should a business get the promise of reliability or speed over residential? Its like saying residential customers are worthy of table scraps. There should be no distinction - THATS how it SHOULD BE. We should all expect dedicated, uninterrupted, reliable and unlimited or very generous amount of bandwidth. We don't know what Quest's limits are, but Comcast figured 250gb - which is right at the edge of it's heaviest users (they really should have given at least 500gb - but then nobody would get into trouble...).
Furthermore, it isn't, and shouldn't be an ISP's business whether you are doing business with the connection. Their job is to give you access to the internet, not mother or "Big Brother" you. The very fact that they are trying to capitalize off of business users is a testament to their greed and willingness to invade people's privacy for profit. How can you conduct business in safety with this ISP policing and checking in on your every transaction? That's ludicrous! They should'nt even know whether you are a business or not - that's between you, the Government and your customers. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to EPS
they may not need a business class connection but they should not be allowed to run a business off a residential line.
How would you feel if you were the ISP and someone had your Internet service installed in their office of 40 people? Hell they could have several modems from you. Instead of paying the higher price business plan like they should since their using it to make money they in return use residential and pay ~30%+ less.
But then turn around and uses over 250 gigs of bandwidth per month? you'd have to eat the cost of that. You wouldn't like it. Comcast doesn't, TWC, RR, Bright House, Qwest and others. |
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