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Re: Link to original story mentioned here said by rsa0:Man, I want their business model !!! must be great: screw your paying customers and get away with that !!!! But then I guess , being Europe, one won't have much of a choice if they want to go with some other ISP... You want to hear about rationing? My dad lives in the Caribbean. No, not the touristy parts that Americans see.
He pays quarterly water bills at a flat rate. At first he was getting a full supply of water every day, then that changed to twice a week, now the water doesn't even make it up to his house. Yet the water bills are still due no matter what. And if you don't pay? The water utility has the right to seize your property, sell it and take the proceeds.
And no, you can't opt out. If you live within a certain distance (I think it's 2km) of a water pipe you have to take or pay for service.
The Government owns the water utility so they have the full force of the law behind them. How pathetic is that?
I think that ISPs are definitely headed in that direction. "best effort" service really means half assed. Then they start with caps, then throttling, then rationing. Pretty soon they'll promise one thing and deliver maybe 10% of it, then gradually close to 0% of it. All in the name of "network management" or some other lousy excuse. |
