[101782] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Shultz)
Fri Jan 18 14:41:42 2008
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:38:04 -0800
From: Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0801181951400.1679@uplift.swm.pp.se>
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Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
>
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Rod Beck wrote:
>
>> http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/61251.html
>
> So, anyone but me think that this will end in disaster? I think the
> model where you get high speed for X amount of bytes and then you're
> limited to let's say 64kilobit/s until you actually go to the web page
> and buy another "token" for more Y more bytes at high speed? We already
> have this problem with metered mobile phones, which of course is even
> more complicated for users due to different rates depending on where you
> might be roaming.
>
> Customers want control, that's why the prepaid mobile phone where you
> get an "account" you have to prepay into, are so popular in some
> markets. It also enables people who perhaps otherwise would not be
> eligable because of bad credit, to get these kind of services.
>
> I'm also looking forward to the pricing, all the per-byte plans I have
> seen so far makes the ISP look extremely greedy by overpricing, as
> opposed to "we want to charge fairly for use" that is what they say in
> their press statements.
>
I think that all those people who think their kids spend a fortune on
their Cell Phones are in for a very rude awakening... when their "plan"
runs out of bandwidth on the 6th of the month.
Flat rate text messaging was created for a reason... this is fighting
that reason.
--
Jeff Shultz
