flycuban
join:2005-04-25
Homestead, FL | So?
So why bother having a faster pipe, if it comes with a limit attached? |
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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| said by flycuban  :So why bother having a faster pipe, if it comes with a limit attached? Because speed has value to customers other than the bandwidth-sucking P2P music&movie stealing customers. Doing something quickly doesn't mean you have to be downloading non-stop to get your money's worth.
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sdfgg
@ab.ca | Yes it does 
Why does a company have to dictate to me what i can and cannot do over the internet. |
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| said by sdfgg :Yes it does Why does a company have to dictate to me what i can and cannot do over the internet. Because it costs more to provide what you want than you are willing to pay for it. So they have to control how much you get for what you are willing to pay.
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sdfffg
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| The price i pay as far as i am concerned as the consumer takes care of all their costs which seems to be 39.95/month.
This includes pay, equipment maintenence and power supply for running the network. If it costs them more then thats not my problem as a consumer. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
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said by sdfgg :Yes it does Why does a company have to dictate to me what i can and cannot do over the internet. I don't see where the companies are dictating what you can and cannot do over your internet connection. They are simply limiting how much you can do over your connection. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to sdfffg
said by sdfffg :
The price i pay as far as i am concerned as the consumer takes care of all their costs which seems to be 39.95/month. And it does...based on the specified caps, ToS, and AUP. You get what you pay for  |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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As long as they're telling you up front what service they're selling you, it's exactly the same as every other non-shady transaction completed.
As far as I'm concerned, you seem to be ignorant to the fact that bandwidth is a variable cost to ISPs. Therefore, in order to offer you a fixed price they need to either, cap your speed, or cap your monthly total usage. What they should do, in my opinion, is just have a variable additional cost over the 100gb set limit. Although, I would put a opt-in clause for user to be put on the variable overage plan. |
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binarycode
join:2003-04-30
USA | reply to flycuban
Why drive a car that has a top speed of 120 mph or more when the speed limit is no where near that? |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| Actually, a better analogy would be why buy a car capable of 120 MPH if you can only drive it 100 miles/month? The answer is to be able to get somewhere faster for the few times that you need to instead of more times while driving slower. Buy a Prius for daily driving expecting to drive a lot of miles and save the Lamborghini for the once a month, show off to the ladies, drives. |
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Ulmo
join:2005-09-22
San Jose, CA
·Comcast
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| reply to Ahrenl
I'd prefer they get a decent margin over the charges they're actually paying: traffic to certain destinations (within their network, for instance) would have their within network prices, and traffic to certain other destinations (those carriers they have peering and transit agreements with and even private connections to) would have the costs associated and appropriate for each of those other carriers. That way, I can start blacklisting or avoiding the carriers they are using that are costing me too much, and those that are so cheap that they don't work well enough, and focus on the good value ones. |
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binarycode
join:2003-04-30
USA
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It wasn't meant to be an analogy. It was only an example of limitations on things we buy that people have come to accept. Sometimes I think folks just need to get over it. It's fairly well known that you can't have your cake and eat it too. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to Ulmo
That would be cool.
So would A-la-carte cable pricing. I don't see either happening ever.  |
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