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| So will TWC stop their false advertising about DSL speed? $1 per GB is absurd. I could see a tenth of that perhaps. Why aren't all of the content distribution providers up in arms about this? This sort of pricing could kill distribution models like those of Valve Software, Amazon Video on Demand, Netflix Instant Streaming, iTunes, etc. |
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| said by ElJay:$1 per GB is absurd. I could see a tenth of that perhaps. Why aren't all of the content distribution providers up in arms about this? This sort of pricing could kill distribution models like those of Valve Software, Amazon Video on Demand, Netflix Instant Streaming, iTunes, etc. I gig is only $.03 or $.05 each. Ripoff is what I call it. Now, 250 gig cap is okay. I do maybe 40 gigs a month if actively downloaded stuff. Otherwise I've seen 20 gig usage. Maybe rollover gigs? Or, I don't use 10 gigs so I want $1 a gig back. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to ElJay
said by ElJay: This sort of pricing could kill distribution models like those of Valve Software, Amazon Video on Demand, Netflix Instant Streaming, iTunes, etc. That's kind of the point. here's an article from CNN just today.
»www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/06/inte···dex.html
More turning to Web to watch TV, movies
(CNN) -- When Corey Wynsma's wife got laid off a few months ago from her graphic design job, the couple did an inventory of their household budget.
Cable TV seemed like an obvious luxury. So the couple, who live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, canceled their cable service and found another way to keep up with their favorite shows: on the Internet.
from later in that article
A recent survey of 3,000 prime-time TV watchers by Integrated Media Measurements Inc., an audience tracker, found that 20 percent watched some TV online. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to cameronsfx
said by cameronsfx:said by ElJay:$1 per GB is absurd. I could see a tenth of that perhaps. Why aren't all of the content distribution providers up in arms about this? This sort of pricing could kill distribution models like those of Valve Software, Amazon Video on Demand, Netflix Instant Streaming, iTunes, etc. I gig is only $.03 or $.05 each. Ripoff is what I call it. Now, 250 gig cap is okay. I do maybe 40 gigs a month if actively downloaded stuff. Otherwise I've seen 20 gig usage. Maybe rollover gigs? Or, I don't use 10 gigs so I want $1 a gig back. exactly if the cap is 40 GB and you use 20 GB is TW going ot give you $20 back or a $20 credit? No. Ask them why and they'll tell you a GB isn't worth $1.
They could chrge 20 cents per GB and still make agood profit. Although the idea shouldn't be to make a profit from overage fees, but to take that money and reinvest it into infrastructure so caps aren't even necessary. |
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So when are these other companies going to start doing something about it? They can lobby congress a lot better than individuals can. |
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