 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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Re: Statistics are fun I know you've worked in the biz, so your calc probably has more validity than a PIOYASWAG* but it's still based on your assumptions, industry-wide averages, and who knows what else. While DC and Chicago might have similar costs, the thousands of small towns spread across the country are drastically different, and aren't served by wide-sweeping generalizations.
Furthermore, your calculations probably didn't take into account the elasticity of broadband pricing. Clearly the duopolies have identified the roughly $40-50 per month price point as the comfort zone for most customers in most places, and they're not willing to budge too much.
I, for one, think it's fair so I pay the price, and in fact I think it's a great deal given what I do with my Comcast connection at home, and the enjoyment and utility I get from it each month. Other people think caps are too low or prices are too high or there's too much latency or newsgroups should be included or whatever else, and they're welcome to their opinion, but that doesn't make the ISP evil or greedy (in a bad way) or draconian.
* - pull it outa your ass scientific wild-ass guess |
