I am confused. i think we both agree that transparency is necessary.
On Feb 16, 2008 12:38 PM, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Of course if something isn't actually unlimited it has to be mentioned > > somewhere. No one would argue that the contrary is acceptable. I do > > find it surprising that you would call bandwidth limits irresponsible > > though. > > Patrick, you are always interested in facts...which is great. > I feel you're now tending towards the passionate. > > Please go back and read my last email. > Its disrespectful for the broadband companies to tell its customers > that its unlimited and then its not. > Its respectable to actually have transparent limits so customers can > make a choice. > > > > I'd say the 5% using 50% and expecting to get away with it forever is > > irresponsible. Even disrespectful. If you wouldn't do it to a Mom & > > Pop business, why would you do it to a large corporation? > > absolutely incorrect. > you do not blame the customer. what bad business practices. > if you say "all you can eat"....then its all you can eat. > don't get all moral on us now. > If an "all you can eat" buffet has problems with people eating too > much...then they should advertise "all you can eat for one hour". > > Patrick, why is this so confusing? > Broadband companies have consistently oversold their capacity. > "hey we got everything you want. dont go to our competitors. we let > you have as much as you want!" > Now they've shown their network vunerabilities. > One solution is to blame the customers who are just using what was sold to > them. > Another solution is to lay down clear and reasonable limitations that > is transparent (not hidden behind an asterisk in small writing). > > If the limit of 100GB of bandwidth a month, then say so. > Im sure most customers will be fine. > And this then allows other companies a reason to offer more to be > competitive. > > > Jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > Professional: http://ryanishungry.com > Personal: http://momentshowing.net > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 >
