| Roll Over Minutes ??? I mean bytes..... How long till they implement, for a fee, the ability to roll over your unused monthly bytes.
Just reminds me of cell phones, but in reverse. Cell phones started out very expensive on a per minute/time of day and gradually progressed to rather inexpensive "all you can talk" for cheap-o. Whereas broadband use is going from all-you-can-pound to bill-by-the-ounce.
Maybe AOL had it right in the 14.4baud days of billing. Anyone remember the monster overage bills ????? |
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FiOS
| said by SarasotaSlim:I mean bytes..... How long till they implement, for a fee, the ability to roll over your unused monthly bytes. Just reminds me of cell phones, but in reverse. Cell phones started out very expensive on a per minute/time of day and gradually progressed to rather inexpensive "all you can talk" for cheap-o. Whereas broadband use is going from all-you-can-pound to bill-by-the-ounce. Maybe AOL had it right in the 14.4baud days of billing. Anyone remember the monster overage bills ????? I never used AOL. I had dialup from 1995 to 1997(from EROLS) and in 1997 I got a cable modem with 5mbs down. |
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 joetaxpayerI'M Here Till Thursday
join:2001-09-07
Sudbury, MA | reply to SarasotaSlim
said by SarasotaSlim:I mean bytes..... How long till they implement, for a fee, the ability to roll over your unused monthly bytes. I suspect that it's less than 1% who are at this limit. I've used a meter for a few months and find I'm at 25-35GB/mo. For me, a rollover is meaningless. Those who are 200GB+ users will likely watch their usage and aim to finish the month with a torrent to push to 245GB.
I do remember AOL's $6/hr overage charges. Crazy times.
Joe |
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