| Metered usage billing, that'll work Metered usage billing, yeah, that'll work out great.
If people were bailing on your DSL product because they either found cheaper/better else where or cause they couldn't afford DSL at all, then billing them on how much they use it (like cell phones), will only result in a higher and unpredictable bill, and will drive even more customers away. If that's their indent, then it'll be a good move. I won't stick with any ISP that wants to bill on usage at hyper-inflated rates. |
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slckusrPremium
join:2003-03-17
Maumee, OH
kudos:1 Reviews:
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| this is exactly what i was thinking.
right now i enjoy my dsl service.
if it becomes a hassle to keep track of how much bandwidth im using, the lower cost isn't going to keep me a subscriber.
hassle > cost ill pay more if i don't have to worry about it. ( within a reasonable amount)
and if your going to meter me charge me less! |
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| It's very likely than an usage based billing will be at hyper-inflated rates, like anything over $0.10 per GB. I seriously doubt it costs AT&T over $40,000 per day (based on 50% load @ $0.10/GB) to maintain one of their own 10gb links. |
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
 ·Clear Wireless
| said by tad2020:It's very likely than an usage based billing will be at hyper-inflated rates, like anything over $0.10 per GB. It costs more than $0.10/GB to get connectivity to your house.
If that number was real at all, people would skip right past ATT/Comcast/whoever and buy directly from their upstream provider at that pricing. |
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| said by espaeth:If that number was real at all, people would skip right past ATT/Comcast/whoever and buy directly from their upstream provider at that pricing. You can, the problem is you have to buy in bulk and have to have the line installed ($1000's) from them to you. |
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