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The problem with pricing by volume is that the average consumer can't really manage their volume. Would the consumer be responsible for paying for: -DDOS (not
by graylights 12y ago
The problem with pricing by volume is that the average consumer can't really manage their volume.
Would the consumer be responsible for paying for:
-DDOS (not only can you knock them offline, you can cost them big money)
-Spam (Both received and botnet sent)
-Retransmissions for traffic the ISP dropped due to congestion
-Ads (adblockers could reduce bandwidth costs by a third)
I personally would love volume pricing. But I also would not want to provide tech support next time my parents get hit by malware and get hit with a $1000 isp bill.
- _greim_ 12y agoDefinitely valid concerns, but they don't strike me as inherent problems with the idea, rather technical problems that can be overcome with some ingenuity and incentive. It's the incentive that's lacking at the moment. My machine may send out bursts of spam at 3am, or a website ad may weigh 10MB, but as long as I can still check Facebook what do I care? But I would care if I were billed for those transfers. I'd start shopping for devices that helped me self-throttle. I'd start caring whether websites were bloated. That would pass the incentive on to those providers, etc.