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[dslreports]Cable Broadband Users, Get Ready For Overage Fees
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[dslreports]Cable Broadband Users, Get Ready For Overage Fees
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Seems like befor long the rich get richer pretty good read glad so far dsl a fios aren't doing this.
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Silly. they increase the speed which opens up the door for super useage of their service, then they cap the bandwidth and charge for overages. Sounds like a cash-cow to me.
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I figured that this was going to go through when the rumors popped up. Why wouldn't TW capitalize on a fee structure that is going to net them more money?
Anyone familiar with how much bandwidth is utilized when playing online multiplayer games?
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Probly not more then a 100-500megs for 8-10hrs of playing but would depend alot on the game and how much bw it consumes ever second.
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Instead of overage charges, they could just base your monthly rate on how much you used. For example, if you just checked email once or twice a day, you'd only pay like $10/month, but if you ran a fairly active server or used torrents a lot, your price would scale up to like $60/month.
They could also charge like a prepaid cell phone.
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But if they did that they wouldn't make as much money their greedy remmber.
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Not necessarily. If you charge a low-ish base rate and then scale the service based on how much they use, the upper end of users could pay $100/month or so. At that point it balances out for everyone, and they should make just as much if not more than they have been.
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If they implement that here locally I would have to consider moving back to Qwest. Yuck!
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Sweet... so far no info if Cox is gonna do this.
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