On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/22/12, Bacon Zombie <baconzom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I how you are talking about 3G or there is a typo.
>> An ISP with a 5GB cap that is charging the end user more then 5$ total
>> {including line rental} a month should not be allow to operate.
>
> I don't believe $5 even covers an ISP's typical cost of having a line,
> let alone getting data through it, maintaining, supporting it, and
> providing upstream networking.If you're talking mobile (3G) then you don't have a physical line. You have a device which might or might not be making any use of a shared media (wireless spectrum). A 56kbps modem can theoretically deliver 18GB of data in a month. My $125/mo business fios can cough up 8 TB in that time. 5GB on a modern shared wireless media is... not much. > Why should the end users who transfer less than 1GB a month, with only > basic web surfing, have to suffer periods of less-than-excellent > network performance or pay increasing costs to subsidize the purchase > of additional capacity for users at the same service level expecting > to use 100GB a month? They shouldn't. The folks who want to use 100 GB a month should be paying more than $5. ;) > Even if the metric is wrong -- the idea of metering bytes > transferred is broken, > because it does not positively reinforce the good behavior. Works for the electric company, the gas company, the water company, etc. Metering I mean, not a use cap. The notion of a cap is pretty broken. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
