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 ·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Stupid people will continue catering this carrier wet dream When people stop justifying the need for YouTube, Facebook and text messaging and begin to realize current pricing structure is ridiculous and react accordingly with their wallets, it is when carriers will stop thinking of themselves as the victims of an alleged outdated or inadequate business model.
And it's not like there's a lack of options out there. MetroPCS is now offering 3G web, phone and text for $40 per month. THAT is a deal. |
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·Cybersurf Intern..
| said by Network Guy:When people stop justifying the need for YouTube, Facebook and text messaging and begin to realize current pricing structure is ridiculous and react accordingly with their wallets, it is when carriers will stop thinking of themselves as the victims of an alleged outdated or inadequate business model. And it's not like there's a lack of options out there. MetroPCS is now offering 3G web, phone and text for $40 per month. THAT is a deal. Yep the ISP/Carriers looked at Australia and saw. Hey a pricing scheme like that for us would make us far more money. Which is understandable for australia. Not even slightly understandable for north america. |
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 VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | reply to Network Guy
said by Network Guy:When people stop justifying the need for YouTube, Facebook and text messaging and begin to realize current pricing structure is ridiculous and react accordingly with their wallets So we are now blaming youtube/facebook users for this? |
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1 edit | The ones willing to pay at least $30 per month in addition to their voice plan just so they can do YouTube/facebook, yes. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·AT&T DSL Service
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Funny how nobody even talked about this issue until all major parties got into IPTV and selling video services to consumers.
Then suddenly, overnight, caps, metered billing etc appeared on the scene being sold as "inevitable". Gotta stop that third party Internet competition!
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | reply to Network Guy
said by Network Guy:The ones willing to pay at least $30 per month in addition to their voice plan just so they can do YouTube/facebook, yes. What about those who use those plans but download all sorts of movies or large files?
I mean, if we are going to place blame on certain groups..... |
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·Optimum Online
·Verizon Online DSL
| Then a carrier should define what "heavy" or "excessive" usage means and bill accordingly.
Sprint does it pretty fair IMO these days. A-la-carte 3G access at $15 extra up to 5 GB per month, then throttled web access for the rest of the month. Same cap is in place for all-inclusive phone/text/web plans, and network access devices with data-only plans except 4G. |
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Sweet! I can just vote with my wallet! ....so I can just take my iPhone and go where exactly? |
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| Where you were before.. with a different phone. Or file a lawsuit with Apple for pain and suffering from having to deal with AT&T and force him to break that exclusivity deal. |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Network Guy
Corporations and the stupid models of IP rights are holding the true IP era back. take TV shows for example, there is no logical reason that shows couldnt be streamed as well as shown on TV at the same time other then some stupid rights bullshit and ad dollars(though the stream could just have the same ads as the broadcast since most of it is network fed anyway).
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