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Re: All that money yet a 400 GB cap said by Matt:And I get my figures from running 3 companies in 3 separate data centers, Which could mean you have 200 servers colocated, or have three shared hosting accounts at $10/each with separate hosting providers. I'm not here to pass judgment, but for the record, just be mindful that "running an internet business" means exactly zero because everyone with a laptop and a $5 shared hosting account can call themselves an internet entrepreneur.
It's become the most tedious, overused catch-phrase of this decade.
said by Matt: although I don't need to run my resume down. Neither do I, but I will offer that my career in this industry covers 26 years in a commercial setting. I've had many job titles, including senior network engineer (I ran the network operations department and reported directly to the CEO) at a large regional ISP that handled over 10,000 dialup users and several thousand DSL subscribers. I've worked daily on equipment that cost more than some people's houses. I remember when we turned up our first DS-3 at more than $30,000 per month and we thought it was a bargain compared to what we paid for the T1's it was replacing. The line card to terminate it cost more than my car at the time.
said by Matt:I'm not saying you can't purchase massive amounts of bandwidth cheaply, but I guarantee it's terribly oversold. And whatever you consider "oversold"-- is nothing compared to how oversold that capped 100 Mbps cable connection is.
My point is, when I can buy 20 Mbps of committed bandwidth on a Fast-E port, with a per-megabit rate under $10, it is highway robbery for a no-SLA, "best effort", residential cable connection to have a ridiculous 400 GB cap at the 100 Mbps tier.
If they want to cap the $39/mo. accounts at 400 GB, that is fine. But when you're selling premium tiers at premium prices, then no, 400 GB is not reasonable. |
