Re: [WISPA] Time Warner Testing the waters with meteredinternetconnections.
I'm not sure it's actually hurting them. Moreso that they're trying to deal with the fact that falling revenue has been met with increased usage. The all-you-can-eat bandwidth usage model is 500% different today than it was 5 years ago. The pressure to lower pricing to the subscribers while at the same time having alot of those customers increase their usage. Also, the fact that now more and more CONTENT providers are capitalizing on their customers having a high-speed connection, without a slice going to the provider... It's probably more about how I feel... We still have to have people to manage our system...we still have to buy bandwidth...we still have to have truckswe still have to make a decent living...etc etc etc. But the CONTENT providers and peer-to-peer abusers are and/or will make that more difficult. Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998- 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com - Original Message - From: Tom DeReggi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Time Warner Testing the waters with meteredinternetconnections. My question is Are they really worried about the usage? Is it really hurting them? Or are they just jumping on the bandwagon, crying wolf, to get a peice of the action, to find a reason to increase revenues? Why turn opportunity away? Its so much easier to just increase the price, than it is to do tangible new work to increase revenue. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Brian Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:31 AM Subject: [WISPA] Time Warner Testing the waters with metered internetconnections. Looks like even the big guys are wondering what to do about all those bandwidth hungry internet applications... Times are a changin http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR200806020 2214.html Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com -- -- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- -- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Time Warner Testing the waters with meteredinternetconnections.
It frosts me, really, when we see these articles from whomever giving ISPs crap for wanting to curtail usage in order to not lose money on that subscriber. There is a huge trend going on, and we're right in the middle of it. That trend is to offer free access to your content and service, or paid access to your content or service...don't care which. This new reality is pushing more and more burden onto the backbone and last mile providers, who don't get to realize any revenue from it. The word unlimited has caused a big problem for us... There are 2 arguments here.. 1. The broadband company who is happy that these services are there because they pick up more subscribers 2. The broadband company who feels they're being taken advantage of and is being cut into little by little. There will be a point for these companies where enough is enough and then they will not offer 'all-you-can-eat'. I'm a #2 ;) (yes, I get the joke Bono...) But there's room in the industry for both types... Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998- 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com - Original Message - From: Kurt Fankhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Time Warner Testing the waters with meteredinternetconnections. They started out with unlimited dial-up and took that away. Almost all dial-up now is capped per so many hours a month. So now its spreading to broadband. I'm not surprised. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Webster Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:32 PM To: WISPA List Subject: [WISPA] Time Warner Testing the waters with metered internetconnections. Looks like even the big guys are wondering what to do about all those bandwidth hungry internet applications... Times are a changin http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR200806020 2214.html Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com -- -- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- -- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
