Satellite providers too. They all have Fair Access Policies (FAP) based on usage.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter R. Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 9:17 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Access (was Wireless In Washington) No one says it aloud, but Verizon Wireless EVDO shuts accounts off all the time for too much usage. Cellular Broadband is metered - my SprintPCS EVDO is 40MB per month. BellSouth FastAccess does have Residential limits deep in their AUP/TOS (unless they have removed them). - Peter Dylan Oliver wrote: > On 6/29/06, *George Rogato* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote > > Wild Blue , good example. Wild Blue is a fringe broadband player. > Cable and DSL set the rules. They are the majority of the market. > The majority of the market does not charge by the bit, but the > fringe does. > > Guess thats proof enough. > > > No, it's not proof of anything. My *guess* is that charging by the bit > really doesn't impact penetration as much as you *assume*. How many > people even know what a bit is? Much less the difference between a bit > and a byte? How many people read AUPs before they sign on. Etc. > Questions, not assumptions. > > Best, > -- > Dylan Oliver > Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
