Re: Net Neutrality and Your Internet Bill

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Karl <[email protected]> wrote:
> So if I came along and offered an unlimited water service, would that be
better?
> Or an unlimited electricity solution?

If you could do so at a competitive price, not be lying when you say
"unlimited", and stay profitable, then by all means go ahead.  I'd also like
unlimited gasoline for my car at a reasonable price too, while you're at it.
I've got some road trips planned for next year.

**:)

> Why should they be different?  Why shouldn’t they?  What is wrong with
> more for less?  I am afraid I don’t get your question.

More for less?  You didn't say you wanted more for less.

***uh, isn’t that really the heart of the issue?   At least for me it is.  I
want maximum value for my dollar spent.

You said you wanted "unlimited" (which doesn't exist except as a marketing lie)

**not true.

for... well, your price was unspecified.

**the price is not relevant, the concept is.

  My claim is that more ubiquitous metered pricing would give most people more
for less.

**no, it would give people less for less.  And also put them into the risk of
excessive overage charges.

 When Verizon Wireless switched away from "unlimited" cell data to a more
metered approach, most customers would pay less.

**I believe they have both, and for those whom the unmetered service makes
sense, the price was worth it.  Market forces.

> Metered services seem fair but they are also limiting in a sense, and
> those who operate them are highly invested in making sure no one can bypass
them.

Oh?  I've never had that problem with the gas stations.

**if someone offered a massively cheaper service, you can bet the oil industry
would try to squash it.

If I don't like the price at the one, I go across the street to the other.  The
problem is not the meter, the problem is the lack of obtainable competition.

**sure.  And in this case apparently they want to meter the presently unmetered.

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