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Great discussion, all. I wonder if the ISPs have thought about moving customers to 95th percentile bandwidth billing instead, so they can sell packages that are
by seanp2k2 12y ago
Great discussion, all. I wonder if the ISPs have thought about moving customers to 95th percentile bandwidth billing instead, so they can sell packages that are more honest about their overselling and actual expected speeds / usage: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing#95th_percentile http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing#95th_percen...
Related; I haven't seen anyone point out yet that Comcast (and most other ISPs IIRC) already do have a bandwidth cap, and it looks like they're now on an even more complex model where the pricing / overage varies by market: http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/common-questions-datapolicy http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/common...