| I disagree. This isn't to this article directly as I didn't read more than the headline but to the whole caps and overages as a total.
One of the biggest arguments to me seems to be that they can't support unlimited. It would seem like they were only doing it because they didn't expect people to use it and now that they are they don't want us to, saying they can't do it!
Shouldn't a business have a model that accounts for growth and upgrades over time? For example Amazon and amazon prime, they have added so much to it since I first got it, namely amazon video, and the price hasn't changed. I know I order a lot more from them and I've seen no "limit" of benefits.
In short: Shouldn't the payment made each month in the past and present not only gone for current costs but also to saving for future upgrades? I can see a different price for using a different service/access methods but not this. This reminds of the horrible days where shady web hosts would give you storage but wanted to charge you for FTP access. |
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 Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | Your logic is sound, but only applies when a business is run like a business. And they aren't anymore. They are now nothing more than short term investments, and their value is tied only to how much they can bring in, and how little they spend, today. Day traders don't care that a lack of investment in the network today might mean a total loss of business 6 months from now. Nor do they care that policies and products rolled out today might screw the company (or it's customers) down the road. They care only about today, and thus, the business operates as such.
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It doesn't make sense because they are making it up. They never present evidence of congestion, of dropping income, or burdensome infrastructure expenditures. There is evidence they are making record profits. They are just trying to continue to maximize their profit by minimizing consumption, and protect the important TV and movie branches of their monopolies. |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to Camelot One
"Day traders" are a minuscule part of the market. However, there is an increasing number of short term investors (i.e. investment time frames of months vs years) likely due to market efficiencies and availability of information. There's nothing wrong with this IMO. Sound businesses that grow revenue and increase margins will continue doing well in the eyes of investors. These sound businesses will also reinvest capital to ensure this growth continues. Your narrow view of investors is tainted by a "visible minority". |
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 GlennAllenSunny with highs in the 80s
join:2002-11-17
Richmond, VA | As opposed to the long-term investors--aka, the customers (where all of the real money comes from). |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | Customers pay for operations and maintenance. Investors pay for expansion and upgrades. "Real" money has no meaning. True long-term investors are the debt holders IMO. |
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GlennAllenSunny with highs in the 80s
join:2002-11-17
Richmond, VA | Customers pay for everything--billions upon billions upon billions of dollars worth. |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | No they don't. |
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GlennAllenSunny with highs in the 80s
join:2002-11-17
Richmond, VA | Hmmm, I've got this swampland development in Florida I think you might be interested in.  |
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