 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to elray
Re: Helping Grandmothers said by elray:EVERY grandmother I know would have fared better - much better - under Time Warner Cable's metered use proposal.
I can't speak to other carriers, but thanks to you and yours, those grandmothers continue to overpay today.
WRONG. You're a fool if you think ISPs would actually LOWER prices. Yes they're for losing MILLIONS or even BILLIONS in revenue. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | There is nothing stopping the ISPs from adding a bill-by-the-byte plan for grannies that only get on-line once a week to retrieve three e-mail messages from the grand kids.
However, I would guess that if EVERY grandmother contracted for this plan, more than a few would be FLOORED when they received an outrageous bill caused by one grand kid e-mail that contained a YouTube link. Furthermore, they wouldn't understand why. They would most likely equate USAGE with TIME and may not understand the difference between being "on-line" reading text e-mails (hundreds of KB) vs. being "on-line" watching a video (hundreds of MB). To satisfy them, the cable company would likely have to create an app to show them their usage as they do various tasks. Eventually they would learn but until they did, it would be a PR disaster. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | reply to BF69
said by BF69:said by elray:EVERY grandmother I know would have fared better - much better - under Time Warner Cable's metered use proposal.
I can't speak to other carriers, but thanks to you and yours, those grandmothers continue to overpay today.
WRONG. You're a fool if you think ISPs would actually LOWER prices. Yes they're for losing MILLIONS or even BILLIONS in revenue. They'd still make their profit. Just not as much on grandmothers subsidizing data hogs. Instead, heavy users would have the opportunity to buy fast, unlimited bandwidth, at an appropriate price, rather than expecting the rest of us to pay the same rate.
We've see the wireless carriers lower prices for data.
We've seen the cellular carriers do the same for voice usage.
ISPs *WILL* offer lower rates to attract and retain subscribers. |
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