I counter your claims of fallacy with my own claim of bad analogy. The restaurant business is nothing like the ISP business, where critical inputs have lower and lower unit costs each year, the seller sets the rate of service and consumption has well know diurnal usage patterns.
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However, what we have here is purely a business model problem, not a consumer over usage problem. Even the heaviest of consumers are only using the service as advertised. If you can't deal with that, don't use terms like "flatrate", "X Mbps!!!!", "no data caps", etc. in your marketing and service plans.
As as they say, live by the sword, die by the sword.
Jared
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 at 8:07 PM
From: "Vance Shipley" <[email protected]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net neutrality & bandwidth providers
From: "Vance Shipley" <[email protected]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net neutrality & bandwidth providers
On Dec 15, 2017 23:29, "Dan Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote:
How is using what you pay for abuse? In both instances described, the customer is using a large chunk of their bandwidth, but not using more than the plan alots.
Fallacy. Imagine your local "all you can eat" buffet charges $10 for lunch which you really enjoy and find good value. One day a Sumo wrestling school opens next door and the new customers eat them out every hour. Next week lunch is $20 but you're eating the same thing.
You are not paying equally when you are part of the top percentile of bandwidth consumers.
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