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brat
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 Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject: Heavy Internet users pay attention to this one |
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BudDurland
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Do ya suppose people who don't use much bandwidth will get a reduction in their bill?  |
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seaeagle
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| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:33 am Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| BudDurland wrote: |
| Do ya suppose people who don't use much bandwidth will get a reduction in their bill? |
Probably about as much chance of that as there is of looking out your window and seeing a pig flying by 
Seriously though, low-end users would probably get a reduction in their bills. I guess a lot will come down to what the monthly access charge is. |
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bern
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:51 am Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| BudDurland wrote: |
| Do ya suppose people who don't use much bandwidth will get a reduction in their bill? |
Simple math. If 5% of users are defined as "heavy", and if the change is revenue neutral (fat chance) Then whatever increase is imposed on the 5% will be distributed among the 95%. So if the heavy users pay, say $20 per month more, the light users should pay $1 per month less. |
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tremalle
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject: Heavy Internet users pay attention to this one [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| I'm not sure it would work going back to that process. If you recall thats pretty much how the internet usage was charged; something insane like $1/min. Hopefully the charges wouldn't be that high today but there are so many users online now that the rate doesnt need to be so high; what we have now is the cost spread out among all users... |
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mommabear
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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The first story is almost a year old. I couldn't get the other one to come up. It's gone.
I think they've already raised it, judging from my bill.  |
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zlim
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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tremalle, you may be interested in this story where MS wants to patent a charge for using things on the internet.
http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-256995.html |
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