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I know this argument doesn't make sense at first blush, but it does at second: 1. People don't like metered Internet (which is odd given we don't mind metered
by mantrax5 12y ago
I know this argument doesn't make sense at first blush, but it does at second:
1. People don't like metered Internet (which is odd given we don't mind metered water and metered electricity).
2. ISPs want to keep advertising unmetered Internet.
3. Some % of the customers use a lot more traffic, and most of that is Netflix.
4. The ISP want to charge Netflix, which will in turn pass the costs to their customers, and so these customers who use more traffic will indirectly pay more to the ISPs for their traffic.
I wish they'd just lay it out simple like that. At least then we won't have to nitpick their statements for logical inconsistencies.
Or... maybe they can just switch to metered Internet. And this whole net neutrality issue will vanish in a puff of smoke.
- talmand 12y agoThe reason I would disagree with metered Internet is because based on the past behavior of the major ISPs it would result in even worse pricing schemes. I simply do not trust them. To me the only way metered would work is if all these government sanctioned monopolies in communities are lifted so that any company can offer service to any customer. Or, I suppose, the service is a utility governed by representatives of the community.