lengyelc
join:2005-12-11
Alpharetta, GA | reply to Pizz
Re: Wow
Maybe AT&T will make this service immune to the bandwidth caps in an effort to drive traffic to these sites, and hence make more money in ad revenue? |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | I'm sure they'd like to, but I just don't see them getting away with that. |
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Ormaybe
@sbcglobal.net
thumbs down from:
GlassRail 
| reply to lengyelc
Or..maybe they know what they are doing,and hope the folks in Reno,NV go over their bandwidth caps so they can pay more $$$$ too AT&T.  |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
 ·Comcast
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Not to mention it would undermine their argument for caps.
Seems to me they're going too fast with the Death Star rebuild. They just don't have all of the pieces in place to avoid consumer backlash.
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- Moe Larry and Curly (MEN IN BLACK, 1934)...These are the guys we have in Congress |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | They need to warm consumers to the idea that metered billing is necessary first. They can use it as an anti-competitive weapon later when HD Internet video really takes off. It's all pre-emptive. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
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I'm sure they'll find a way....
They 'could' to this by having the 'content provider' (aka themselves or a contracted company) pay them for the 'right' to deploy their video services. In turn, there would have to be a tracking mechanism to rollback the consumption of data used by their service.
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
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said by Karl Bode :I'm sure they'd like to, but I just don't see them getting away with that. Any attempt to do this will raise the Network Neutrality Red Flag. In this case, they are giving preferred service to their offering due to not charging Bandwidth Usage to the user's Cap Account (instead of the usual "Pay Us and you will get better QoS" scenario). |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| said by RARPSL :said by Karl Bode :I'm sure they'd like to, but I just don't see them getting away with that. Any attempt to do this will raise the Network Neutrality Red Flag. In this case, they are giving preferred service to their offering due to not charging Bandwidth Usage to the user's Cap Account (instead of the usual "Pay Us and you will get better QoS" scenario). I don't think they care about their appearance, there too many red flags out there now for this one to matter. The same preffered status would cause just as many red flags. These services are fast becoming like insurance companies where all they have to do is advertise their product, not deliver. Cherry pick the clientele, and make the consumer jump through hoops just to use the product. And if they bill you wrong, well you better pay it or like Sprint, they might just dump you as a customer for complaining. God help anyone that actually holds a company to what they advertise! |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
 ·Cox VOIP
·Skype
·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southeast
·magicjack.com
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said by S_engineer :Not to mention it would undermine their argument for caps. Seems to me they're going too fast with the Death Star rebuild. They just don't have all of the pieces in place to avoid consumer backlash. I find your lack of faith disturbing. The Emperor is not pleased with your efforts. He will be coming soon. Double your efforts. I'm not as forgiving as he is. -Darth Vader
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Saving the world keeps me busy. However, I find Earth very primitive from my home planet of Krypton.
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