[155764] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fair Use Policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Harlow)
Wed Aug 22 17:17:55 2012
From: Sean Harlow <sean@seanharlow.info>
In-Reply-To: <CAPz7E51S7rEm0Qrdb8X8bYS6Q6aVH8czGnnXOTVd34ExSQYiqA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:17:14 -0400
To: Bacon Zombie <baconzombie@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Aug 22, 2012, at 17:06, Bacon Zombie wrote:
> An ISP with a 5GB cap that is charging the end user more then 5$ total
> {including line rental} a month should not be allow to operate.
I agree entirely. The US is not exactly known for great broadband =
access, particularly where I live in the midwest (unless one is in a =
lucky pocket with FiOS, Google Fiber, or the like), yet I could easily =
host 200 512kbit/sec subscribers off my residential cable connection =
without even thinking about caps much less throttling on top of caps. =
It'd be oversubscribed, sure, but most users don't max out the line =
regularly so I don't think I'd have a problem. My mobile phone is =
through Sprint, known for being the slowest of the national 3G carriers, =
yet I can exceed 1mbit/sec in the middle of a corn field miles from =
anything resembling civilization and again do not have any monthly cap.
A 5GB cap on 512kbit/sec service could be blown through in under a =
single day. That's absurd. If a 256k user maxed out their line all =
month, they'd have transferred just short of 80GB. Why in the world =
would it make sense to limit someone to 1/16th of that just for the =
"privilege" of double speed which is still so slow it's beaten by any 3G =
service?
Wired internet providers should not even be thinking about caps below =
the 250GB/mo point. Neither of these example speeds can even reach that =
level, so if you feel the need to cap you are doing it wrong and should =
rethink your business model. Wireless carriers get a bit more leeway =
due to spectrum limitations, but even there a 5GB cap is barely =
reasonable for an entry level offering.
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Sean Harlow
sean@seanharlow.info
