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ISPs' costs, revenues don't support data cap argument
- quoderat 17y agoLike any business, they are trying to grab as much money as they can, hoping no one will notice. People noticed, in Time Warner's case, and they got called on it. Not ethical or nice, but it is the way our system works.
- andrewljohnson 17y agoWhy does this article not compare the gross margins of various industries? It seems worthless (and disingenuous) to quote absolute figures in the billions. For example, Exxon made 40.6 billion in profits in 2008: http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2008/02/01/exxons-profits-measuring-a-record-windfall.html http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2008/02/01/e... That's more than the entire ISP industry, but does it matter even a little bit?
- paul7986 17y agoUS ISPs are video providers. THere is no doubt in the next five to ten years online video will cannibalize their cable biz models. Economically I only see capping bandwidth as a way to sustain and increase their profits! Online video currently provides me with freedom of choice I have not had with the cable biz model; no a la carte options! It's great now (not's sport fan) as it's free and I watch what i want to when I want to. Though I know this free ride won't last too long; hopefully it does for awhile though as I only pay the cost of Internet!