In partial defense of TWC/RoadRunner... Imagine they sold the service to you for say, $40 per month, and you had an 802.11 wireless setup powerful enough to cover the island of Manhattan.
You (generous, magnanimous soul that you are), decide to offer this free to the island. How long do you think TWC/RoadRunner could stay in business with this model? Their business model depends on a large number of subscribers paying for the service, regardless of bandwidth cosumed. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Text of 47 U.S.C. 553 <snip> No. It has nothing to do with the customers, only profit-maximization. TWC does calculations all the time along the lines of: --If we remove this channel from the line-up and replace it with this one, how much more revenue can we get for it and how many subscribers will complain or cancel? Is the net effect positive or negative? If the net ends up positive, they do it. If the net ends up negative, they don't. End of discussion. -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
