[WISPA] Metered Broadband

[Scottie Arnett]

I am not sure what the costs should or will be? But...I will say that is where I think broadband will be headed, for sure, if the FCC keeps going the way they are headed(since the Comcast deal) with the completely "open" concept, such as no bandwidth shaping of any sort.

Even the BIG players such as the major cable companies and the major telcos cannot operate their networks very long with the new bandwidth intensive apps coming along(unless its on their own network) with no bandwidth shaping.

IMHO, I think this is how it should be, a cost per data transfer or a limit and then overage charges, just as electric, long distance, water usage, etc... have been for a long time.

My 2 pence worth.

Scott

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From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawireless at ics-il.net>
Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless at wispa.org>
Date:  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:23:58 -0500

>So what types of rates would be appropriate for a metered broadband service?  It obviously depends on what your costs are.  I'll just throw something out to start a conversation, not necessarily reflective of any costs.
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>$2/gig transferred, no other costs or limits.
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>$10 base, $1.50/gig transferred, no other limits.
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>Mike Hammett
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