Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO
| reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Net Neutrality advocate.
hottboiinnc
If you know how they buy their bandwidth, you would know that it is by the 95th percentile method(most commercial bandwidth is sold this way). The 95th percentile method(google 95th percentile bandwidth) charges based on PEAK bandwidth and not total GB. Since downloading during off peak hours by definition occurs during non peak times, there is no additional transit costs. Since all the hardware has to be there to handle peak traffic hours, there are no additional hardware costs either. So how does downloading during off peak hours cost the ISP anything (on the HSI side)? It doesn't. |
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Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO
| hottboinnc
"you have only paid for access to THEIR network NOT to the Internet."
Are you absolutely nuts? No one is paying for access for anything on an ISPs network. They are paying for access to the INTERNET. What is there on your ISP's network that you are willing to pay $50+ a month for? Essentially nothing. We are paying for access to the internet and the untold resources that it provides. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
 ·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| No you pay to ACCESS THE PROVIDERS network who happens to be connected to the Internet. They do NOT have to give you the Internet. They can give you a Portal the same as AOL did and thats it. Will you take it most likely not. But you only pay to access their line, just one of the perks you get in return is the WWW.
And i doubt everyone pays $50+ per month. My brother in CA pays $35 on DSL and $30 per month on Comcast. I pay $44 for Buckeye Cable in my area. My aunt pays $35 per month with RoadRunner on the TWC side. My father pays $30 with RoadRunner on TWC side. $50 per month always? NO! Oh i also have grandparents who pay Comcast $44 for internet. I don't see $50 anywhere in those numbers do you?
And again- you pay the provider access to THEIR network. Not to the Internet. They built their network, they manage their network, they can do with it what they want. If you don't like it, build one yourself and compete. and we'll see how fast your network become's the "customers internet" |
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dentman42
join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH
 ·AT&T Midwest
| said by hottboiinnc  :No you pay to ACCESS THE PROVIDERS network who happens to be connected to the Internet. They do NOT have to give you the Internet. You are SO full of it. My broadband provider advertises their service as fast access to the INTERNET. I most certainly AM paying for access to the Internet. In fact, I got in during beta testing where the ISP's network didn't have any content - not even a mail server! In fact, most of them advertise as broadband Internet. The days of advertising such a connection as a content provider were over when AOheLl fell apart.
Yes, you're using their network, but their network is primarily sold as a pipe to the Internet. |
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