[TriLUG] OT - TWC bandwidth caps on the way?

[Jeremy Portzer]

bak wrote:
> Jeremy Portzer wrote:
>>  So why doesn't it make sense to charge people based on what they use?
>>   
> 
> So do you think that if you only use 1GB a month while checking your 
> email, you should pay $10?
> 

The cable modem service consists of a number of fixed costs - the many 
provisioning costs of the "last mile," the general operating costs of 
the company, and variable costs depending on the amount of data used.  I 
don't think $10 is a realistic number because it wouldn't cover the 
fixed costs.  But maybe $30 for the lowest level connection would be 
adequate.  If TWC were to reduce prices for their lowest-usage users it 
would be a good PR move, to help offset the negative PR from the very 
high usage users who are going to pay more.

--Jeremy