Life isn't fair and you are not entitled to your oversubscription ratios.
I'm fine with lower cost plans that have higher contention during peak hours, as long as it's clearly and fairly disclosed.
I'm not fine with plans being advertised as XX Mbps, flatrate and no data caps and then not delivering. A consumer should have a reasonable expectation of getting about XX Mbps, even during peak hours, if they subscribe to a XX Mbps plan. As such, the consumer using what they paid for is in no way any form of abuse.
Jared
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 at 8:35 PM
From: "Darin Steffl" <[email protected]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net neutrality & bandwidth providers
From: "Darin Steffl" <[email protected]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net neutrality & bandwidth providers
Dan,
You have to understand if you're selling a residential internet package, it is NOT dedicated. There has to be some oversubscription allowed for the ISP to make a profit. If every sub we had used their plan 24/7 and expected the speed to always be there and not dip down, we wouldn't make money and would shutdown.
So yes, it is wrong and hurts an ISP if customers use and expect to max out their connection all the time but specifically during the evening peak. That's where it matters most.
If customers always want their bandwidth then they need to pay more to upgrade backhaul, ap's, etc. If they're OK with slightly slower speeds during peak but enough to still stream and not feel slow, then prices can remain level.
Power companies issue peak time alerts during the summer and winter to prevent brownouts or congestion in our terms. And they specifically state in their newsletter that if people don't reduce their power demands during their peak times, rates are going to increase as it costs more to handle that load.
On Dec 15, 2017 12:07 PM, "Vance Shipley" <[email protected]> wrote:
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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