You know, the thing about this, is that it would probably be GOOD, not bad.
It would eventually result in people noticing that data consumption is a little like your water bill... The more you use, the more it costs. These people believe that an ISP's connection to you is unlimited... All you can consume, 24/7. And they base their premise that pricing to pay for that kind of use, is what people are paying, and that's not true. What people are paying for, is the average between the users. Eventually, I see people ASKING to not pay the ever growing bill that will be required when everyone ( not really, just a significant percentage, like 10 to 30% of users) streams the evening news, 5 hours of nightly entertainment movies, tv shows, live peer to peer entertainment and transfers, and other such bandwidth hungry services. If I could buy at a carrier hotel, for $1/Mbit, and had no transport costs, save my own network, my pricing structure STILL FAILS at about 4 - 8 times the usage that my average customer now consumes and I'm faced with raising rates. And, that customer is using between 8 and 12 times what he did just 6 years ago. IE, it's not that long when the internet bandwidth price just may not matter - no matter how cheap it becomes, and that the final mile and next to final mile costs will be what drives the price and the way of marketing services. I don't have a great deal on bandwidth, but it's not a BAD deal on bandwidth, and honestly, the bandwidth cost, though a significant component of the monthly outgo, and I expect it to fall "per meg" over time, is going to be less and less relevant - and the cost of delivering that final and next to final mile, along with customer service, is going to be the BIG cost. What's this mean, in 5 years? I think it means that either certain means of offering internet are either going to become a menu of services with a price attached to each, or the overall cost to the consumer is going to climb so far that people are going to demand "tiered" services so that they, themselves, choose consumption levels they are willing to pay for. I could be all wrong, here, but, hey... It's almost a new year, so I'm donning my "prophet" hat and shooting off my mouth. Let the debates commence. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Larry A Weidig" <lwei...@excel.net> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 7:30 AM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: [WISPA] Wow > Just wanted to pass this along, as I think it summarizes what > the general public believes is the entire issue at stake: > http://www.theopeninter.net/ > Yikes! > > * Larry A. Weidig (lwei...@excel.net) > * Excel.Net,Inc. - http://www.excel.net/ > * (920) 452-0455 - Sheboygan/Plymouth area > * (888) 489-9995 - Other areas, toll-free > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
