Good idea!
Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Broadband I think that's the catch phrase... "open" meaning, not blocked. So don't block p2p or any other traffic, just throttle it down... WAY down... Travis Scottie Arnett wrote: Jason, My TOS do the same thing, but just do a search about Comcast blocking Vuze(bittorrent) and see what has been happening over the last few months. First the FCC said it was a matter of them not having a statement of shaping traffic in their TOS, now it has come to that any provider offering internet service should have an "open" network! Scott ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jason Wallace <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:31:29 -0700 Question: If you are privately owned and have received no federal (or otherwise) money for your network AND it is spelled out in your contract, could the FCC actually tell you you have to run wide open / allow any app? If so, where would the line get drawn (Universities, Libraries, etc...)? My contract prohibits running "servers" or "peer to peer applications" on the connection. Jason Scottie Arnett wrote: I am not sure what the costs should or will be? But...I will say that is where I think broadband will be headed, for sure, if the FCC keeps going the way they are headed(since the Comcast deal) with the completely "open" concept, such as no bandwidth shaping of any sort. Even the BIG players such as the major cable companies and the major telcos cannot operate their networks very long with the new bandwidth intensive apps coming along(unless its on their own network) with no bandwidth shaping. IMHO, I think this is how it should be, a cost per data transfer or a limit and then overage charges, just as electric, long distance, water usage, etc... have been for a long time. My 2 pence worth. Scott ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Mike Hammett" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:23:58 -0500 So what types of rates would be appropriate for a metered broadband service? It obviously depends on what your costs are. I'll just throw something out to start a conversation, not necessarily reflective of any costs. $2/gig transferred, no other costs or limits. $10 base, $1.50/gig transferred, no other limits. ---------- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Dial-Up Internet service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $9.99/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com for information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! 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