Infrastructure, overheard, maintenance, bandwidth. Should be covered and
distributed by the customers' monthly fees and any installation fees. If
it's not, how are you still in business and still expanding?


On Dec 16, 2017 4:10 PM, "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> There are other costs besides bandwidth.
>
> On Saturday, December 16, 2017, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Why shouldn't people expect the bill to be the same? The cost of
>> bandwidth has gone down about 10-15x since Netflix streaming launched.
>>
>> Jared
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017
>> From: "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]>
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Our NN statment
>> I'm not saying that isn't the way it is, but I was selling internet
>> service before Netflix was a thing - people use about 10-15x the bandwidth
>> now, but expect their internet bill to be the same.
>>
>> On Saturday, December 16, 2017, Carl Peterson <[email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]]> wrote:
>>
>> I don't get it.  That is what your customers are paying you to deliver to
>> them.  Why should you be able to charge Netflix as well.  What if they say
>> no.  What if they say screw you your IPs can't get Netflix and block you
>> entirely.
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2017, at 11:34 AM, Jason McKemie <
>> [email protected][mailto:[email protected]]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm pretty sure my network would not qualify for that, and while it would
>> certainly help, it would not eliminate the cost entirely.
>>
>> On Saturday, December 16, 2017, Chuck McCown <[email protected][mailto:
>> [email protected]]> wrote:
>>
>> I have had a netflix caching server for several years.  It was free.
>> Does not add to my backbone cost as it fills itself during the off hours.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jason McKemie
>> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 9:29 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Our NN statment
>>
>> IMO, the true cost of a service like Netflix is more than the monthly
>> rate that they bill their customers. As ISPs, we just have to absorb that
>> cost or raise prices to compensate, doesn't help with the big bad ISP
>> perception.
>>
>> On Saturday, December 16, 2017, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> It would mirror access charges in the telecom world.  There are some
>> logical reasons why such a scheme would be fair, but it would really drive
>> up the cost of everything.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Mike Hammett
>> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 8:18 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Our NN statment
>>
>>
>> A lot of people wanted to do that back in the day. I had no idea why.
>>
>>
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>>
>> From: "Ron M." <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 8:00:10 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Our NN statment
>>
>>
>> What I'm thinking here... don't charge the end users. Get good IP traffic
>> accounting and charge the upstream content providers for carrying THEIR
>> sourced traffic. Don't penalize the end users. ;-)
>>  (My $0.02, can I have my change back now?)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:21 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> One of our tech support guys asked me yesterday if we're going to start
>> charging for access to Facebook, Netflix, etc. I was just like, dude,
>> seriously? Yeah, cuz that will surely get us customers. He said, but now we
>> can, so why wouldn't we? I said, but did we before NN? And then I realized
>> he was just trying to annoy me. Same shit the media is doing. FUD dbag
>> tactics. IT'S A TRAP!
>>
>> On 12/15/2017 2:59 PM, Adam Moffett wrote:
>> Exactly.  I literally see people suggesting that ISP's will charge for
>> access to Facebook or charge for access to Netflix.  Not. Going. To. Happen.
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Mathew Howard" <[email protected]>
>> To: "af" <[email protected]>
>>
>> Sent: 12/15/2017 3:57:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Our NN statment
>>
>>
>> Yeah, true, there were ways to legally do it before if you really wanted
>> to. Bbut more to the point, nobody is going to do something like that
>> anyway, because there's no way that it would be worth the customer backlash
>> they'd have to deal with.
>>  Nah, nobody is going to have the sense to feel silly about it... they'll
>> just keep whining for awhile, and then forget about it. Or else, they'll
>> find something that's completely unrelated that they don't like and blame
>> it on the lack of NN.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> You would have to justify that as "reasonable network management".  They
>> defined reasonable network management as being driven by technical reasons
>> rather than business reasons (paraphrased).  Not disagreeing with you, just
>> clarifying.
>>
>> The bigger loophole I saw was that transit providers were excluded from
>> all the rules.
>> Put an AS in between you and your upstream who just does filtering for
>> you.  They're a transit provider so they have no NN rules.
>>
>> It was very frustrating to witness all the crazy theories about what
>> would happen.  I wonder if anyone will have the sense to feel silly about
>> pontificating on Facebook when absolutely nothing changes.
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Dennis Burgess" <[email protected]>
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: 12/15/2017 3:43:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Our NN statment
>>
>>
>> NN did not disallow you to block facebook, just have to disclose it.  J
>> So it really did’ent do anything.
>>
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>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard
>> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 3:24 PM
>> To: af <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Our NN statment
>>
>>
>> Awesome! I think I'll go block Facebook, and see how that goes...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/12/15/net_neutr
>> ality_s_end_was_mostly_celebrated_by_the_far_right.html[
>> http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/12/15/net_
>> neutrality_s_end_was_mostly_celebrated_by_the_far_right.html]
>>
>>
>>
>> Apparently now we ISPs can lawfully block individual sites and will do so
>> with impunity.
>>
>>
>>
>> These people with these petty ideas I dont think understand how poorly
>> granularity scales.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I like this as well.  I was thinking it would be a good idea to put out a
>> statement..
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Yep, that is concise and effective
>>
>>
>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gino A. Villarini
>> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 7:57 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [AFMUG] Our NN statment
>>
>>
>> What do you guys think? Lots of customers calling!
>>
>>
>>
>> Aeronet Statement on Net Neutrality
>>
>>
>>
>> AeroNet, a ISP that provides advanced Internet services to Business and
>> individuals in PR, USVI and Miami, applauds any action taken  that
>> promotes  innovation and advancement of connectivity for all consumers. In
>> Aeronet’s  17 years of history, our pricing structure has always been
>> simple, unlimited and without any toll gates.  The placement and removal of
>> Net Neutrality rules have not and will not modify our pricing policy.  We
>> maintain our commitment to provide the fastest and most reliable service to
>> our customers, with innovative solutions that fulfill our customers needs.
>>
>>
>> Gino A. Villarini
>>
>> President
>>
>> Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968
>>
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