 r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX
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Re: Not good for consumers, only good for carriers This makes no sense, maybe you can justify a 5GB with an iphone or black berry, but there is not way to justify a 5GB with a laptop or netbook.
These companies are insane.
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| The average user is around that limit. There is a very small segment of the population using 100X the bandwidth of the average consumer. This has been the reason companies are pushing to cap and charge for overages because they see that small segment using more as a money making opportunity because it's a small group that in most cases doesn't vote and has no political action outside forum posts like this. In all other markets these small market segments with high usage and from a demographic that isn't politically active they screw them with fees because they know there will be no retaliation. If you use in 100 of gigabytes of bandwidth per month you aren't average and you are a target for increased revenue, get used to the idea. |
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r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX | With Hulu, Youtube, Facebook (pictures and videos), Netfick on demand, etc., I doubt the average user is under 5GB a month.
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to rahvin112
said by rahvin112:The average user is around that limit. There is a very small segment of the population using 100X the bandwidth of the average consumer. This has been the reason companies are pushing to cap and charge for overages because they see that small segment using more as a money making opportunity because it's a small group that in most cases doesn't vote and has no political action outside forum posts like this. In all other markets these small market segments with high usage and from a demographic that isn't politically active they screw them with fees because they know there will be no retaliation. If you use in 100 of gigabytes of bandwidth per month you aren't average and you are a target for increased revenue, get used to the idea. Just 30 minutes of Hulu a day would put you over 5 GB a month. 5 GB isn't shit. |
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 MajestikWorld TravelerPremium
join:2001-05-11
Tulsa, OK | reply to rahvin112
said by rahvin112:The average user is around that limit. There is a very small segment of the population using 100X the bandwidth of the average consumer. This has been the reason companies are pushing to cap and charge for overages because they see that small segment using more as a money making opportunity because it's a small group that in most cases doesn't vote and has no political action outside forum posts like this. In all other markets these small market segments with high usage and from a demographic that isn't politically active they screw them with fees because they know there will be no retaliation. If you use in 100 of gigabytes of bandwidth per month you aren't average and you are a target for increased revenue, get used to the idea. Average is more than 5gig.
I use a gig a week on my Iphone according to my phone bill.
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