Unkown User
@covad.net
| reply to rdmiller
Re: Question
Metered billing done correctly probably wouldn't be so bad. You should have a very low connection fee, then base everything else on a reasonable price per GB. That way, grannies and technologically impaired people could have a much smaller bill than what they are currently paying, and only those who really download extreme amounts would be paying extreme amounts.
Of course, all the terms used are relative. Reasonable on a consumer basis and reasonable to the Cable Co. are going to be two different numbers.
The problem is, that a lot of users would be charged less than what they are paying now for their current usage under a true metered scheme, while probably not enough users would be charged more to make up for that. Which irks the Cable co's profits. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
| said by Unkown User :
Metered billing done correctly probably wouldn't be so bad. You should have a very low connection fee, then base everything else on a reasonable price per GB. That way, grannies and technologically impaired people could have a much smaller bill than what they are currently paying, and only those who really download extreme amounts would be paying extreme amounts.
TWC isn't interested in true metered billing because they want to soak those grannies and technologically impaired people too. Asking a cable company to bill internet at no more than $10/month and $0.25 a GB is like asking them to offer al a carte. |
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vzw emp
@qwest.net
| Let's make one thing clear: Neither Time Warner, AT&T or any other company planning on charging by the byte is lacking either capacity or profits. The capacity issues are nullified by technology and smart management, the profit issues is nullified by their 10k's (annual reports). Time Warner is making money hand over fist, and AT&T even more so.
When I see accurate, complete information from TW or AT&T which support their claims I'll gladly agree to their demands. These people have ulterior motives for moving to this billing method, and it has absolutely nothing to do with helping their customers. |
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