This all goes back to what the public perceives they are getting or should be getting. None of the average users will ever know the real cost of bandwidth while every broadband company advertises burst speeds and not sustained speeds. We are dealing now with public reading just the bold print and price. When they are bombarded with this from everyone they start to think it is their god given right to have this and at the amount they "think" it should be. Broadband technology is part of the masses now. The masses will start to dictate how this works out because the big operators will start to buckle to the perceptions of the customer, to keep from getting a bad name. When one starts it, the competitors follow. The big guys can afford to do this and will cause the small operators headaches because of this shift. So goes the cycle....... Remember the days of cellular usage and we paid for every minute, who would have thought 15 years later we could pay just one price for unlimited airtime, or for that matter unlimited long distance. Start preparing for this shift in broadband now before you get forced to do it. Society will start to demand it and some operators will deliver, supply and demand.....
Thank You, Brian Webster -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:18 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Are they gunning for us? ISPs hog rights in fine print NEW YORK - What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract. Those documents you agree to — usually without reading — ostensibly allow your ISP to watch how you use the Internet, read your e-mail or keep you from visiting sites it deems inappropriate. Some reserve the right to block traffic and, for any reason, cut off a service that many users now find essential. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080404/ap_on_hi_te/isp_fine_print ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
