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> Why would you want a car capable of going 60 miles an hour when a car that only goes 10 miles an hour will still get you there? Because it saves you time. Th

> Why would you want a car capable of going 60 miles an hour when a car that only goes 10 miles an hour will still get you there? Because it saves you time. The analogy isn't perfect but let's play... What if your Ferrari just stopped working each month once it went 100 miles? Sure it saved you time when it was working, but now you can't use your Ferrari AT ALL for 2/3 of the month. What about if you need to get milk later in the month? Doctors appointment? etc. To expand on this, what if your kids drove the Ferrari, full throttle. They might reach that 100 mile limit in one day! That's how data works now. Netflix, YouTube and others detect my fast connection, and throttle the quality up, thereby exhausting my cap quicker. Exhausting my cap at high speed in 2 days doesn't benefit me for the remaining 28 days of the month. This would be solved if I had better controls over this behavior from either my ISP, device, service or local network.

vel0city 6y ago
The car going faster didn't make me drive more miles. I still put in the same number of miles as I would have gone. I just finished my errands much faster than if I had a car that only went 10mph. So yeah, if my theoretical car had a 100mi range I'd still take the Ferrari over a cart that maxes out at 10mph. This exact scenario of capped miles exists for many people, it's called leasing a car. I imagine people still lease fancy cars because the experience driving one is better than driving a slower, crappier one. Are you honestly suggesting in the above scenario you'd take the 1Mbit connection over any of the higher speeds?
- josefresco 6y ago
  > Are you honestly suggesting in the above scenario you'd take the 1Mbit connection over any of the higher speeds? No, my point was that we now drive 50MPH sedans that stop working after 1000 miles. Instead of a sedan that drives 100MPH I'd rather have it keep working after 1000 miles, or at least not price gouge me when I do. Or, in your analogy, if this was an actual open competitive market (it's not in the US) I could decide whether I want to buy or lease a Ferrari or Honda.

vel0city 6y ago

The car going faster didn't make me drive more miles. I still put in the same number of miles as I would have gone. I just finished my errands much faster than if I had a car that only went 10mph. So yeah, if my theoretical car had a 100mi range I'd still take the Ferrari over a cart that maxes out at 10mph. This exact scenario of capped miles exists for many people, it's called leasing a car. I imagine people still lease fancy cars because the experience driving one is better than driving a slower, crappier one. Are you honestly suggesting in the above scenario you'd take the 1Mbit connection over any of the higher speeds?

josefresco 6y ago
> Are you honestly suggesting in the above scenario you'd take the 1Mbit connection over any of the higher speeds? No, my point was that we now drive 50MPH sedans that stop working after 1000 miles. Instead of a sedan that drives 100MPH I'd rather have it keep working after 1000 miles, or at least not price gouge me when I do. Or, in your analogy, if this was an actual open competitive market (it's not in the US) I could decide whether I want to buy or lease a Ferrari or Honda.