"We" are not proposing a tiered payment structure. "They" are going to propose the new plan, where "they" is the company offering the bandwidth.
Honestly, to me, it seems like low bandwidth users are in fact subsidizing the people that gooble up the network. So why not have people pay for what they use? --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karthik Poobalasubramanian Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] I'm not against tiered pricing forhigh-bandwidth users.. I am against tiered pricing and here is my reasoning. For ATT 3% of users use about 40% of network capacity. At a first glance, it would look like a lot of people will spend less money if they paid for what they used. Unlimited users should pay more then casual users. Right? If that is true, the carriers will lose money if they move to a tiered model. No? Then why are are proposing tiered pricing? Theoretically it may be true if they keep per GB cost low but practically what will happen the carriers/telcos/cable providers will bump the unlimited and per Mb usage charge way high. There will be a perceived value in getting the higher limit plan. It's like wine tastes better because you paid more for it. For most providers doing this will increase their average revenue per user (AURP). Also, why are users forced to get data plans when they get a smart phone? Now, the carries have started forcing users to get data and text messaging plans because the cost of voice calls are going down. Okay. I will stop my rant now. -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian Louisiana Board of Regents [email protected] [email protected] (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Mar 3, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > I know I'll catch a lot of flack for this, but, honestly, I'm not against tiered pricing from service providers like AT&T for high-bandwidth users: > > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/02/att_says_tiered_data_pri > cing_inevitable_not_rushing_towards_4g.html > Why should users that use little bandwidth subsidize high-bandwidth users? > > --- > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active > Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and > Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
