Comments on: Poll: Will Metered Broadband Make You Switch Your ISP?

By: ea

ea — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:05:41 +0000

Well, I'd think the two solutions, from their point of view, would be either bandwidth shaping, or metered pricing - I for one would definitely rather have the latter, it would at least give me the OPTION of using more bandwidth.

By: jmccusker

jmccusker — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:44:41 +0000

What about the opposite argument. ISP's who fail to deliver bandwidth due to their own network loading and topology limitations?

By: ea

ea — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:26:10 +0000

This makes complete sense - people balk at the idea of a "restriction" on their usage, but the reality is that you're most likely currently paying to offset someone else's broadband usage. If 10% of users are using up 90% of bandwidth, why shouldn't that 10% be forced to bear the cost?

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:46:20 +0000

Considering what i pay Comcast a month, hell yeah i would switch if they pulled this.

By: cd

cd — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:10:55 +0000

intersting, but idiotic. I wonder if they have done any international due dilegence? I live between france and the US. When I moved overseas 5 years ago metered plans were the only thing available. Although I am not a sector expert, I do not know of even one ISP in France that continues to operate that way. Seems it didn’t work out to well for them with consumers here – to me this will only work for those with no money and need a budget option, or super penny pinchers. As for the rest of us junkies…. I’m guessing we’re going elsewhere if this is what the big guys intend to try stateside…