On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:35 PM, RickG wrote:

> For $100 a month per phone and the internet access is relatively  
> slow. Not
> really an "apples to apples" comparison.
>
> In my home, I want unlimited electicity, natural gas, and water too!

Ah, but information wants to be free!

See, we can all trade quips <grin>!

Chuck


>
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net> wrote:
>
>> The cellular guys don't charge by the minute... I have an unlimited  
>> plan
>> on my cell phone. I can also get unlimited text and internet access  
>> for
>> $9.95/mo extra.
>>
>> People don't want to guess what their internet bills are going to  
>> be from
>> month to month. Would you want that at your own home?
>>
>> Travis
>> Microserv
>>
>> Gary Garrett wrote:
>>
>> You sound like the cell phone company.
>> I am convinced the big failure in my business model is I charge by  
>> the
>> month while the cellular guys charge by the minute.
>>
>>
>> Travis Johnson wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You are talking about having to add additional resources (radius,  
>> etc.)
>> to track it. Then you have to bill it. Then you get to deal with the
>> phone calls from users that say "My computer wasn't even turned on
>> during those times. Remove the charge or I will go elsewhere."  So,  
>> even
>> that one extra phone call costs you money (because you have to think
>> about scaling). Imagine if you have 100x the number of customers you
>> have now... does the same solution work? Probably not.
>>
>> The easier solution would be to call that customer and get them to
>> upgrade to the next plan up (which would provide higher speed as  
>> well).
>> This works very well for us... and then I have that guaranteed extra
>> income each month, even if they don't use it.
>>
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