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slckusr
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reply to tad2020

Re: Metered usage billing, that'll work

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!


tad2020

join:2007-07-17
Orange, CA

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.



espaeth
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Minneapolis, MN
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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.


tad2020

join:2007-07-17
Orange, CA

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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