Re: Just in time - dslreports.com

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BF69 join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN 1 edit	reply to gball Re: Just in time said by gball : Speaking of caps and pay per byte whatever. You know I'm just an average joe. I'll watch my Knight Rider or The Office on nbc.com and I got no problems watching the ads which is much less than if I was watching it on TV. Am I alone in feeling that the day my internet bill goes above I dunno say $60 a month I will simply get rid of it? Do these companies really think the average person is gonna pay $100+ a month in overages whatever because they need to download HD movies etc? They are stupid enough to think you will still pay full price for internet stop using it so much and go back to watching regular TV. That's the plan. Frankly if I had to get rid of one I'd get rid of cable. Tv is just TV. The internet you can do many things. Now if people are smart and they live in an area where they have choice they would do somethng, like this to teach these companies. Ok I have Charter cable, internet phone with at&t( at&t also offers DSl ) so both have caps. OK Well I'd go with who had the highest cap( probably Charter ). Then I dump BOTH phone and cable. Go with directTv and just use strictly cell through Verizon or use something like skype or other VoIp. Now at&t not only lost me as a potential internet customer, but also lost my phone business. Charter lost me as a cable customer after 8 years. Will either company make back the revenue from me on cap overages? Nope. Since the ISPs say only a SMALL % of customers even go over the cap, the revenue they will get from overage fees is very small. If people dump their other services like me they will LOSE revenue. And it will only take a small % for that to have an effect. So ISPs are being short sighted, obtuse and just plain ignorant if they think this won't happen.
BF69 join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN 1 edit	to forum · permalink · · 2008-11-17 09:12:58 ·
gball Master Yoda Premium join:2000-11-28 South Bend, IN clubs:	I guess its just different for me. I have to have my dish TV for my kids. Theres icarly/drake and josh and so many other cartoons etc. Don't get me wrong I don't just let my kids sit in front of the TV all day but once homework is done and what not they are allowed to watch some of their favorite shows. Plus I got some shows I like to watch that aren't as easy for me to find on the net. Besides I would rather watch them on the big screen. Don't get me wrong I love my highspeed internet and what not but push come to shove I will drop it and go back to dial up before I pay some crazy ass amount cause some greedy dude at AT&T wants to charge me by the byte because they can't adapt to a chaning business model.. I pay for my internet and who ever im connecting to pays for their connection so it seems to me someone is just being greedy.
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