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A Layman's Guide To Bandwidth Pricing
narramissic links to IT World's A Layman's Guide to Bandwidth Pricing, writing "Time Warner Cable has, for now, abandoned the tiered pricing trials that raised the ire of Congressman Eric Massa, among others. And, as some nice data points in a New York Times article reveal, it's good for us that they did. For instance, Comcast says it costs them $6.85 per home to double the internet capacity of a neighborhood. But the bit of the Times article that we should commit to memory is this: 'If all Time Warner customers decided one day not to check their e-mail or download a single movie, the company's costs would be no different than on a day when every customer was glued to the screen watching one YouTube video after another.'"
I compare it to the pharmaceutical industry - pills cost, say, $0.05 to make. Why do they cost a great deal more on the market? Because you have to price in the cost of advertising.
Fixed that for you.
The average pharmaceutical company spends 5 times the money on advertising that they spend on R&D.
Have you ever driven down a road?
I didn't realize you were using this to support your argument at first, I thought you were agreeing with him and then trying to say it was better. I was confused.
My government maintained roads are terrible, always under repair, and even freshly laid they tend to only be decent. Highways are usually good for a year or two, though they'll be bad for the next 6 before they are replaced again.
Are you sure you aren't just an alternate login for BadAnalogyGuy? ;)
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