It seems to me that in the ensuing discussion of this, there are several models proposed that do not take into account any costs other than bandwidth cost. I would think that one should calculate what it costs to aquire and maintain a customer, including office/support/billing/equipment etc... which added together are a significant part of "where the money goes". I read somewhere that bandwidth is only 5-10% of the average ISP's budget. I wish that were my own experience.
I suspect that a base of $20-30/month would be a reasonable amount, BEFORE adding any bandwidth cost. Then.. if it costs $1 or $2 per gig of data transfer, that can be added to the base, perhaps calculating an amount that would cover 90+% of users and including that amount in the flat-rate MRC, and charging overages for data transfers over that amount. A simple $2/gig charge on a customer that only transfers 1 gig/month is going to make that customer a losing proposition for me. Mike Hammett wrote: > So what types of rates would be appropriate for a metered broadband service? > It obviously depends on what your costs are. I'll just throw something out > to start a conversation, not necessarily reflective of any costs. > > $2/gig transferred, no other costs or limits. > > $10 base, $1.50/gig transferred, no other limits. > > > ---------- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.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/ > > -- John Vogel - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vogent.net 620-754-3907 Vogel Enterprises LLC Information Services Provider serving S.E. Kansas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
