 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to r81984
Re: Flate rate is also easier to forcast quote:
The only benefit for paying per byte is the company makes more money.
There is no benefit to customers who now have to pay more for usage.
Of course the only benefit to per byte is more money for the company - kinda the reason it is in business.
If they price unlimited high enough to make a good amount more while people perceive the value is worth it - then it will be done.
So far - I have yet to see a company have all, or even a majority, of its customers leave when per byte billing has been implemented. As such - it won't be going away soon. Prices are very rarely solely up to the customer.
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 r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX | Customers can't leave because most ISPs are monopolies and they work together with competitors to be able to charge more.
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 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | reply to CylonRed
said by CylonRed:So far - I have yet to see a company have all, or even a majority, of its customers leave when per byte billing has been implemented. As such - it won't be going away soon. Prices are very rarely solely up to the customer. How long you been using the internet?
Back in the mid 90s, most ISPs were charging for connect time (not bytes). Any time one or more ISPs in the area offered an unlimited connect time, people BAILED on the connect time chargers.
Then again, people used to have quite a few choices of providers in many markets. Now? There's mostly, at best, duopolies. People *can't* bail. And, even if they can, it makes no sense to do so because the two "competitors" have pretty much the same rate structures in place.
So, yeah, with the markets the way they are, now, you won't see much migration when a company does something egregious. Doesn't mean customers wouldn't leave if they had other, real options.
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
 ·Clear Wireless
| said by nixen:Back in the mid 90s, most ISPs were charging for connect time (not bytes). Any time one or more ISPs in the area offered an unlimited connect time, people BAILED on the connect time chargers. That's because there was more money to be made selling "unlimited" services at $19.95 to the average person rather than billing the average subscriber $9/mo in usage charges. Sure, there are people that spent well above that, but the average subscriber paid much more under flat rate billing than they would otherwise.
Peace of mind is a lucrative business. Just look at all the money companies make selling "extended warranties." For every 1 person that comes out well ahead there are at least 100 people that lose money in the interest of "financial safety." |
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Bingo thank you!
Also these are "regulated" utilities granted local licenses for the privilege to operate as such. If these companies could charge $10,000 per person they would. These companies are of course for profit for their owners.
The local governments also has right and obligation to keep the companies in check from pillaging the people who live in that community. |
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CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to nixen
Been using for quite a long time - I stand by my statements and have yet to see users bail big time for those ISPs for broadband - till then...
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