 KilroyPremium,MVM
join:2002-11-21
Ann Arbor, MI | reply to anon148123123
Re: Who gives a F**k! said by anon148123123 :
If you don't use the connection, you pay $0 for the service, like electric & gas. I don't know where you live, but on my gas bill I have a customer charge of about $10. Yes, that's right, I have to pay to be their customer. So, it doesn't matter how much I use I have to pay this charge every month, as a minimum.
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 fireflierCoffee. . .Need CoffeePremium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo | Those charges go to the continued maintenance of infrastructure to supply you with gas. They have to test and refurb meters periodically and maintain the main lines that supply the houses. That's what the $10 goes toward.
Unlike gas companies though, ISPs aren't lowering their starting cost to something that's a base/maintenance cost just to provide you with access to the infrastructure. They're starting where they were for infrastructure and data costs and going from there.
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