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 rchandraStargate Universe fanPremium
join:2000-11-09
14225-2105 | reply to cornelius785
Re: Sure if it was cheaper said by cornelius785:i COMPLETELY fail to see how APARTMENT RENTING is relevant to a discussion on RESIDENTIAL INTERNET SERVICE. Let's see...
•In each case, the lessee doesn't own a thing; the landlord owns the building, the telco/cableco/etc. owns the network (yes, you are leasing an Internet connection).
•Both want some sum of money per month for a service; in the case of a tenant, they want shelter, maintenance, not to have to pay property taxes directly; in the case of a residential Internet, to take bits from their CPE to anywhere else in the world.
•Despite previous comments, one cannot just make unauthorized alterations to the prem/network (can't just start knocking down walls or running your own cable/fiber/whatever) (if it is indeed true that the law in that jurisdiction confers ownership, that's the peak of insanity because that's the difference between ownership and not ownership: dictating, within building codes, what is done with the property).
•Tenant signs a lease, Internet user (electronically more or less) signs a terms of service/acceptable use policy.
The comparison is actually quite apt.
Now...that out of the way, a much better debate would be how the ISPs justify sucking additional money out of entities (businesses) for providing what is essentially the same service. What is this extra $20 or whatever per month used for? Not actually owning a network, I'd have to say, bupkis. But again, that's me not owning or operating a network; those that do may have something more to say on that.
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 bentand IngaPremium
join:2004-10-04
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| said by rchandra:...a much better debate would be how the ISPs justify sucking additional money out of entities (businesses) for providing what is essentially the same service. What is this extra $20 or whatever per month used for? Not actually owning a network, I'd have to say, bupkis. But again, that's me not owning or operating a network; those that do may have something more to say on that. SLA. Response time of technicians. With a residential connection, if it goes down, it gets fixed whenever they get around to it. With a business connection, you get a SLA that guarantees both up-time and technical service response time. Well worth the extra money if your income depends on your connection.
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