An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial

Fri Jan 18 21:32:00 UTC 2008

On Jan 18, 2008 2:53 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick at ianai.net> wrote:

>
> IOW: Usage-based billing makes sense commercially, whether you are a
> propeller-head or a bell-head.
>
> And since Internet providers tend to be for-profit businesses, doing
> what "makes sense commercially" is kinda required.
>
> Then again, I Am Not An Isp, so what do I know?  If you think things
> are out of whack, sounds like a business opportunity to me!  You
> should be able to take your superior knowledge and make a killing
> implementing a proper network.
>
> --
> TTFN,
> patrick
>
>
I'll be honest, when this thread first started the first thing I thought was
"I should find out how my local municipal fiber co-op is coming along with
their buildout". For customers, going from unlimited to constrained is
always painful (vs the opposite).

My academic question is, where are costs killing consumer ISPs? Is it the
last mile? Transit? Under-capacity peering points?

-brandon
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