 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | reply to BF69
Re: Give me true metered billing. said by BF69:Even with metered electricity or water ( at least in my area ) there a minimum price you pay for so many kilowatts or gallons of water whether you use NONE or up to that limit. THEN you get charged by the kilowatt/gallon. Also the more you use the price per kilowatt/gallon DECREASES. That decrease is done in graduated tiers (like Income Tax). IOW: You pay the fixed fee for the first W units, the $X/Unit for the next block of units, $Y/Unit for the the third block, and so forth. X is more then Y which is more than what you would pay per unit for going over the 3 tier limit. Also, if you the initial tier amount by the 2nd tier price it will/should be less than the fee to cover the cost of delivery/etc. I most cases, unless you use next to nothing, you are going to be paying for 2nd tier usage (IOW: The initial allocation is minimal and does not cover much actual usage). |
