Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| reply to calvoiper
Re: Article Makes The Wrong Argument
I would agree with you 100%. I firmly believe that it should be the ISP that the customer has direct contact with imposing restrictions and that customer can make the decision based on those factors whether or not they do business with that company.
ISP's pay for their connection to the internet just like the rest of us. Their bottom line depends on the amount of bandwidth every user on their network uses. The more they use, the more they have to pay to get them where they want to go. Therefore, I feel they are well within their rights to shape their user's usage anyway they want; be it throttling (recommended), termination, caps (charges for exceeding) or "tiering". As long as the consumer has a choice in doing business with them AND as long as the consumer if fully aware of the 'limits' imposed by the ISP before hand. I would even go so far as to say EVERY agreement is grandfathered. In other words, they just can't pull the 'ol legal bait and switch by giving you the world today, but them taking it all away tomorrow with a new TOS. |
