| Metered billing okay, unfair pricing not okay There is nothing wrong with metered billing as long as it reflects actual costs plus a reasonable markup.
If the true cost of providing service to your home is $30/month + $0.01/TB then you can reasonably charge $40+0.0125/TB. If the true cost is $5/month + $1/TB then you can reasonably charge $6 + $1.25/TB.
If the true cost is $5/month + $1/GB, which would reasonably allow you to charge $6 + $1.25/GB, then dollars to donuts you aren't a land-line telco. If you are, you are very inefficient and deserve to go out of business.
The problem with recent plans to meter wasn't the meter, it was the rate. |
