| Misleading costs... There are more costs than just buying a GigE for $10k/mo. What about the costs of labor, maintainance, and equipment?
I would say that the totals still do not justify metered billing unless it's a High Cap + metered billing. Something like a 300Gb cap and then the metered kicks in. |
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| said by battleop:There are more costs than just buying a GigE for $10k/mo. What about the costs of labor, maintainance, and equipment? Agreed, but those costa have been there for years. I'd even argue that they've been reduced or at least held somewhat in check as the companies eliminate local service and consolidate everything in call centers.
So if these costs have always been there, how is this business model, which has worked for years, now suddenly broken? |
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Onion, NJ | said by ISurfTooMuch:said by battleop:There are more costs than just buying a GigE for $10k/mo. What about the costs of labor, maintainance, and equipment? Agreed, but those costa have been there for years. I'd even argue that they've been reduced or at least held somewhat in check as the companies eliminate local service and consolidate everything in call centers. So if these costs have always been there, how is this business model, which has worked for years, now suddenly broken? While the argument that these costs go up as the speeds increase has merit; there is no significant correlation between the amount of traffic and maintenance. |
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| No, there isn't. Fiber and coax don't wear out faster due to heavier usage. |
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Onion, NJ | thats what I said. |
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| said by AVD:thats what I said. I was agreeing with you. Although...I wonder if the astroturf groups might try to make that argument, figuring that some people are dumb enough to believe it. |
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Limbo | Probably. You know that when you get a whole bunch of electrons zipping through that copper it wears the internal surfaces out faster right??? 
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