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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | What a dumb statement.... quote:
There's No Data To Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary
Thats statement is so dumb I laughed out loud. Regardless of how you feel about metered billing, TWC (nor any other company) needs to "prove" anything with regards to their pricing. Its their network, and if they feel like charging $x.xx then thats their prerogative. While all the reasons mentioned above might be valid, at the end of the day its meaningless.
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|   RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | Re: What a dumb statement.... said by wifi4milez: quote:
There's No Data To Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary
Thats statement is so dumb I laughed out loud. Regardless of how you feel about metered billing, TWC (nor any other company) needs to "prove" anything with regards to their pricing. Its their network, and if they feel like charging $x.xx then thats their prerogative. While all the reasons mentioned above might be valid, at the end of the day its meaningless. Then why don't they just come out and say that. We'd all have much more respect for TWC if they came out and just said it's their network and they can do as they please.
Instead, they think we're morons and believe their "statistics show consumers want metered billing" and refuse to release their raw data. | |
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1 edit | Re: What a dumb statement.... said by Rob:said by wifi4milez: quote:
There's No Data To Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary
Thats statement is so dumb I laughed out loud. Regardless of how you feel about metered billing, TWC (nor any other company) needs to "prove" anything with regards to their pricing. Its their network, and if they feel like charging $x.xx then thats their prerogative. While all the reasons mentioned above might be valid, at the end of the day its meaningless. Then why don't they just come out and say that. We'd all have much more respect for TWC if they came out and just said it's their network and they can do as they please. Instead, they think we're morons and believe their "statistics show consumers want metered billing" and refuse to release their raw data. I think a buffet restaurant would go out of business the minute they change to pay on what you want to eat model aka metered billing...
let say they decide to limit how much you can eat, then make you pay 1 dollar per dish after the first small or big dish depending on how much you pay upfront, even a small soup or a glass of water cost 1 dollar extra... it probably don't affect the one that don't consume much and we know who they are...
It usually cost 8-10 dollars a meal but with this BS model it can end up costing 2 to 3 times more for most of us
what is metered? metered is used for limited resources such as water, gas, electric that are based on limitation.
bandwidth isn't limited, it cannot be metered
billing by the byte is like charging all of us how much we breathe... it is as dumb as carbon taxes, another way to steal money from consumer and make them your slave
These idiotic thief are thinking of many stupid way to milk the consumer even charging 10 cents for every mile you drive with the car you pay for as well as gas.
Many of us are trying to spend money wisely
Many of us will oppose this illegal means of getting us to pay more because it is for 1. immmoral 2. stupid 3.robbing the consumer
enough is enough, metered billing was already dead before it even went on trial in select area
TW can go suck on a candy for all we care  | |
| | | wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | Re: What a dumb statement.... said by jadebangle:I think a buffet restaurant would go out of business the minute they change to pay on what you want to eat model aka metered billing... Yes, however that is going off your assumption that internet access should be unlimited. I think your analogy is a little off too, because there are plenty of buffet 'style' restaurants that charge by the pound instead of 'all you can eat' and they do fine.
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| | |  voipguy
join:2006-05-31
Forest Hills, NY | said by jadebangle:what is metered? metered is used for limited resources such as water, gas, electric that are based on limitation. bandwidth isn't limited, it cannot be metered Not sure what you mean. Electricity distribution is really very similar to bandwidth distribution. Everyone gets a large (150 Amp, for example) pipe to the home. If useage was not metered, some would consume far more than others and would necessitate an upgrade of the entire generation and transmission infrastructure. Some people would leave all their lights on all the time.
By metering electricity consumption and billing accordingly, the power company doesn't have to waste money on transmission capacity that's not paid for by useage.
said by jadebangle:These idiotic thief are thinking of many stupid way to milk the consumer even charging 10 cents for every mile you drive with the car you pay for as well as gas. Funny you should mention that. It's being considered as a way to shore-up falling fuel tax revenues: »www.autoblog.com/2008/12/31/oreg···age-tax/. This is silly because it discourages energy efficiency, and will probably cost more to administer than it would collect.
In reality, charging for consumption IS a good model to control costs. The first problem is that TWC, unlike Rogers in Canada, probably picked the least customer-friendly way to introduce this concept imagineable. (No "discovery" meter period, no grace period, no tier selection period, AND outrageously high fees per GB and too-low caps)
The second problem is that paying a flat-rate for internet service at any speed is so ingrained into the consumer that many are outraged at the concept of usage-based billing, even if it would cost them the same that they pay today. If it were priced and introduced as a way to SAVE MONEY for those with LOW CONSUMPTION, rather than just a way to highly bill those with high consumption, the reaction might be quite different.
The rough-shod introduction of metered billing by TWC will cost them dearly in defections to the competition, even if no new regulation comes out of it. | |
| | | | | | Re: What a dumb statement.... said by voipguy :
Electricity distribution is really very similar to bandwidth distribution. Everyone gets a large (150 Amp, for example) pipe to the home.
Sure, the delivery of electricity is a good comparison, but electricity overall is not. No one is generating bandwidth at the central cable company to pump out to consumers, so metered billing per GB is ridiculous. | |
| | | | |  MurdocPremium
join:2009-02-08
Manitowoc, WI | Re: What a dumb statement.... No one is generating bandwidth at the central cable company to pump out to consumers, so metered billing per GB is ridiculous
 Nicely put. | |
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| | | said by Rob:Then why don't they just come out and say that. We'd all have much more respect for TWC if they came out and just said it's their network and they can do as they please. Instead, they think we're morons and believe their "statistics show consumers want metered billing" and refuse to release their raw data. I agree - but take a look at all the posts here where people believe that this has something to do with costs. TW knows that when a company tries to sell something as cost related, people will accept it far more than if they were to say "We believe metered billing more accuractely reflects the value that people get from our service." | |
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