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 Go Chargers7Fa Shizzle Ma NizzlePremium
join:2002-09-24
Huntington Beach, CA | reply to pnh102
Re: Whine, Bitch, Moan, Complain.... said by pnh102:
said by Sarah:
I'm just praying they won't institute bandwidth caps 
For me that would be the straw that breaks the camel's back. We have way too many TVs for digital cable or satellite to be economical. But I use the heck out of my internet connection. If they cap it then I'll most likely be back on dialup... or maybe ISDN, I am not sure.
I still think that hard caps are not going to happen. Too many people are going to get pissed off and cancel. I've said it before, but I think the cable companies have too much to lose if too many subscribers quit their broadband service (in way of stranded investments, etc.) so it may not be in their best interests to start capping people.
No you won't...not for 5 seconds. You use the internet so much that you will bend over and take the $15 increase not to have to deal with dial up...just like the rest of us. All these threats about people going back to dial up are all nonsense. Hell, I switched from Ultralink back to Choicelink and I'm already pulling my hair out when there is nothing slow about 1.8Mb. Once you get used to the speed, you won't do without it.
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by Go Chargers7:
No you won't...not for 5 seconds. You use the internet so much that you will bend over and take the $15 increase not to have to deal with dial up...just like the rest of us. ... Once you get used to the speed, you won't do without it.
If I can't afford it, then I'll have to!  Seriously though, if the price of internet access increased to the point where it put a serious dent in my budget, say if it came down to choosing to pay the electric bill or the internet bill, then clearly, the internet loses in this one. You're forgetting that the vast majority of people in the USA view broadband as a toy, or a luxury item. There is a tiny minority of Americans who frequent websites such as this who do not hold this view, but given broadband's lukewarm reception in the USA, and the prevailing view (though it won't be implemented until a serious loss of customers occurs) that lower prices are the only way to increase the customer base, I can reasonably conclude that price hikes will hit a ceiling at which point 99% of the customers are gonna say "screw this" and not bother with it anymore.
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