On Saturday, December 16, 2017, <fiber...@mail.com> wrote: > "Jason McKemie" <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > > When I said bandwidth, I was referring more to internet egress. > Sure, I get that, but how is that related to the size of the consumer's > bill, given that bandwidth prices have declined in sync with usage growth?
Bandwidth prices per customer have not really dropped much at all based on how much more people are using. > > Then there is more support time associated with streaming usage, > inflation, etc etc. > At the same time the customer base has grown, offsetting any other > costs. So, tell me again, why should consumers expect a larger bill? Labor costs, taxes, everything else associated with doing business is more expensive now. > > > This would also allow the ISP to charge less to the consumer while > recouping that money behind the scenes from the likes of Netflix - > > basically the reverse of what they currently do. > I don't think the ISPs are wearing the pants in this relationship. Wait > until Netflix decides to charge the ISPs a carriage fee instead :) I'm not going to get Netflix to pay me, but Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon are definitely wearing the pants, and the content providers know it, hence the huge fight over NN. > > > Jared >
