| reply to chances14
Re: A 10 GB cap? What a joke. That post was unworthy of a rebuttal.
The minute someone starts harping about the government and stereotyping any civilized area as being some gang war shootout zone you know you're dealing with a conservative. |
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Five times? Try 500 times.
If you believe Verizon is paying anything more than an average of 2 cents/gig for Internet traffic then you've been brainwashed. |
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This. The burbs exist for a reason. Gives you some civilization without having people stacked on top of you. |
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rebus9
join:2002-03-26
Tampa Bay Reviews:
 ·Verizon FiOS
 ·Bright House
| reply to iFail 5G
said by iFail 5G: With satellite I was never even able to hit 6 gig's in a month because its been so poor. So I can gladly watch my usage for 10GB and usable service lol. So it's no mystery why VZ is deploying this in rural areas first.
Where else in the country can they charge high dollars for low caps, and get no push-back from users? Answer-- in areas where people are desperate for ANYTHING useable.
In the desert, you can charge any price for water..... |
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 dennismurphyPut me on hold? I'll put YOU on holdPremium
join:2002-11-19
Parsippany, NJ
·Verizon FiOS
·Optimum Online
| reply to 45612019
said by 45612019:Five times? Try 500 times.
If you believe Verizon is paying anything more than an average of 2 cents/gig for Internet traffic then you've been brainwashed.
... Because base stations are free, right? |
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 EvelKubKitty is crazyPremium
join:2002-03-17
Mesa, AZ | reply to 45612019
Consider how many towers must be installed in rural areas for this to work... The cost for the tower, antennas, cabinets, land, the cost for electricity, fiber runs and maintenance...
Now consider the number of people which will be served by each tower, which won't cover more than a 50 mile area. Each will likely opt for the lower package, as this is considered a luxury to most country-folk.
How long of a time-frame is okay in your mind for them to take to recover their initial investments? |
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No. They're paid for by having numerous subscribers forking out $60 or more a month for service.
Implementing low bandwidth caps with high overage fees is completely unnecessary to recoup deployment costs. That's what the subscriber fee is for. Vastly marked up bandwidth overage fees are just an opportunity to price gouge the consumer. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to rebus9
And the problem with providing service that's better than the competition in an area that's underserved is...? |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
·Comcast
| reply to 45612019
Have you been on an overcrowded (non-D3) cable node? If VZW had unlimited data on LTE, that's what it would feel like. They have 22MHz of spectrum, and you can only pack in ~71 Mbps of capacity on that.
$10 per GB for fixed service is definitely overpriced. However data centers charge 10 cents per GB for overage bandwidth...to say that $10 per GB is overpriced by a factor of 500 is uninformed. |
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rebus9
join:2002-03-26
Tampa Bay Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
·Bright House
| reply to iansltx
said by iansltx:And the problem with providing service that's better than the competition in an area that's underserved is...? You missed the point, which is, they chose areas where they can do the most price gouging with the least amount of push-back. And there will be little push-back because rural areas are desperate. Desperate for anything, even if the price is obscene.
Like I said, in the desert you can charge any price for water. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to mythology
said by mythology:I know some peeps that gotta use their phone for home broadband access. They would love to have this even with the caps. Tho 12mbit will eat up 10gb in no time streaming.
Then don't stream.. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to rebus9
said by rebus9:said by iansltx:And the problem with providing service that's better than the competition in an area that's underserved is...? You missed the point, which is, they chose areas where they can do the most price gouging with the least amount of push-back. And there will be little push-back because rural areas are desperate. Desperate for anything, even if the price is obscene. Like I said, in the desert you can charge any price for water. He didn't miss the point at all... you did.
You're entire premise as to why is completely wrong.. and rather just whining. If this service had been deployed in an affluent area they'd be charged with cherry-picking.
The service is designed for rural areas with little options. I'm sorry their rationality on this doesn't suit your personal agenda. You need to get real. 
This argument you make reminds me of accountants.. they master the art of taking any thing and making it be what you want.. just like this argument. |
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Yes. I have been. And it was fine.
I'd rather my connection drop down to half its speed during peak hours than be artificially limited to only using it for a tiny fraction of my billing period. |
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said by iFail 5G:said by 45612019:I like how Verizon is deploying this pointless shit instead of continuing to build a real broadband network like FiOS.
You can download more than 10 gigabytes in a month on dial up.
This isn't broadband. This is an abomination.
Clearly you have never lived in a rural area. Here in Birmingham where this is also one of their first markets for home fusion, a lot of rural areas can't even get LANDLINES. So the only option is is satellite which is horrible. This at least I pull down over 50mbit/s constantly. Ill take the 10GB cap for usable service any day So wait, you actually have the service and get 50 mbit/s? |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to 45612019
said by 45612019:No. They're paid for by having numerous subscribers forking out $60 or more a month for service.
Implementing low bandwidth caps with high overage fees is completely unnecessary to recoup deployment costs. That's what the subscriber fee is for. Vastly marked up bandwidth overage fees are just an opportunity to price gouge the consumer.
Have you ever run a company? .. it sure doesn't sound like it. According to you, the activist however, anything that doesn't fit your agenda by any company is going to be foul.
Towers, power, backhaul, employees, workmans comp, insurance (health and liability) taxes of all sorts, advertising, customer service, installation expenses, maintenance, the data itself, government affairs, the cost of spectrum, fuel, vehicle maintenance, the list goes on.. those are expenses.. and as someone that DOES run a business I can tell you that arguments that people like you make just irritate the hell out of me. You think you have it all figured out.. you think it's all about bandwidth. Oh, and they are allowed to make a profit too.
Now please, go on to tell me how all the stuff I mentioned above has nothing to do with the cost of providing the service, for one reason or another.
I don't know where you people get these figures and formulas you come up with to justify your position, but you're FAR FAR FAR off the mark most of the time.
But yea.. it's all about punitive caps and overages so they can gouge the consumer. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to 45612019
The only thing I can agree with you, so far, is that the way they impose the caps is a bit off the mark to me. They should only need to throttle or over-chage during peak times or on a "smart management" sort of system. Such as once you hit your ceiling and it's peak, then that usage could be charged as a "premium" rate in order to encourage the user to utilize the network during off peak or overnight hours when possible.
Outside of that, you're still way off.  |
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said by iansltx:Have you been on an overcrowded (non-D3) cable node? If VZW had unlimited data on LTE, that's what it would feel like. They have 22MHz of spectrum, and you can only pack in ~71 Mbps of capacity on that.
$10 per GB for fixed service is definitely overpriced. However data centers charge 10 cents per GB for overage bandwidth...to say that $10 per GB is overpriced by a factor of 500 is uninformed.
Do you know how they deal with unlimited 3G smartphone users? They throttle speeds when towers are congested.
Okay Ian, let's see these paltry caps are necessary. Then why doesn't Verizon offer unlimited off-peak hours? Say between 12 AM and 8 AM? No one's even awake at the time. Ultra congested satellite offers FAP free during those hours as well. |
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said by EvelKub:Consider how many towers must be installed in rural areas for this to work... The cost for the tower, antennas, cabinets, land, the cost for electricity, fiber runs and maintenance...
Now consider the number of people which will be served by each tower, which won't cover more than a 50 mile area. Each will likely opt for the lower package, as this is considered a luxury to most country-folk.
How long of a time-frame is okay in your mind for them to take to recover their initial investments?
Given much smaller WISPs are able to deploy wireless service to rural users on much smaller economies of scale and must rent bandwidth from Verizon, I think Verizon's costs aren't nearly as high you seem to believe.
If there are so few users, then congestion shouldn't be a problem. And if cost were high, they would simply raise the base price, not duplicitously trick users into paying massive overages when they accidentally go over their cap. Most of those rural folks don't even know what a "GB" is. |
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said by iFail 5G:Its a deal breaker for me not being able to take my boats out anytime I want, being able to ride my ATV wherever the hell I want, and depending on the gov. for every single thing. If the city water supply gets contaminated which has happened before, I still have sanitary, clean, well water.
You realize your lifestyle is subsidized by federal tax money taken from the cities? Rural states are like black holes when it comes to tax money. Their economies feed on the trough of the military industrial complex and give nothing in return. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
·Comcast
| reply to sonicmerlin
It's harder to market a product with cap-free times, maybe?
If I was running a network with relatively low capacity at peak but low off-peak usage, I'd offer some sort of incentive for off-peak usage. Verizon not doing this (just like WildBlue has never done this) is there prerogative. HughesNet is the only major provider to offer a cap-free period in the US. |
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