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 ·MSN
·Brand X Internet
·DSL EXTREME
1 edit | So let me get this straight... RETAIL (the home user's) bandwidth costs are going UP all the time-while wholesale (the costs THEY pay) are dropping!
I think we all know why this is happening, don't we?
It has nothing to do with p2p. It has nothing to do with caps! It COMPLETELY has to do with GREED! |
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 tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3
 ·Comcast
| said by qworster:RETAIL (the home user's) bandwidth costs are going UP all the time-while wholesale (the costs THEY pay) are dropping! The cost per wholesale unit has dropped, but the volume used has increased at a much faster rate, so the total cost has increased.
However that is still a minor portion of their expense increases, customer support, tech support (they are actually different things), maintaince, upgrades, equipment fuel prices, power, are all much larger costs.
Many people don't understand (or choose to ignore) how expensive, and time consuming it is to grow and maintain the last mile. |
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| I agree... AND...the last mile costs are pretty constant, whether it's 0% loaded or 100% loaded... |
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tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3 Reviews:
·Comcast
| said by qworster:AND...the last mile costs are pretty constant, whether it's 0% loaded or 100% loaded... But when it reaches some level of useage/congestion, based on percentage of time above a certain level, or minutes per day at peak, then they have to increase the capacity of that circuit. Like adding lanes to a roadway, sure their are many lanes on the freeway (backbone) but that won't necessarily help the arterial/2 lane road to your house.
Suppose three users in your neighborhood, a bus company, a trucking company, and a cab company all generate so many trips that the road becomes grdlocked to the point you can't get in and out from your home.
wouldn't it be resonable to charge them a greater portion of the cost of adding new lanes, then to say everyone pays equally?
Or to (somehow) limit their trips during peak traffic times?
Adding new lanes (or network capacity) may not double the cost, but it certainly costs more than the status quo. |
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