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 trucks....we 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 541-998-5555 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/
