If you don't like their prices, change providers. If no provider has prices you like, then what you're asking for probably isn't financially viable. (Yes, we all want BMWs for $17,000, but that isn't going to happen.)
That's simply not true. There could be, and does exist, great price differentials in different areas. Remember, pipes are controlled by monopolies, so that demand isn't all that sensitive to price.
Plus, if they wanted to be a total bastards, they could continue to jack up the rates until those 1% left. If those top 1% left, they could have 30% more capacity at a cost of only 1% of their revenue. Then, they could add 30% more customers with a usage profile like the other 99%. That seems like good business to me. It's also called increasing shareholder value.
This also is silly. If you're going to be charging everyone the same fees, then you're going to squeeze out the good along with the bad, assuming heavy users value their connection as much as light users. If anything, they probably value is MORE, which means you'll get all the light users switching out before the heavy ones leave.
That's why they are tweaking the flat fees. It isn't a viable option. Now, what they're doing is probably not the best way, but that's not your point.
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Does anyone need more than 640K for their OS?
That's simply not true. There could be, and does exist, great price differentials in different areas. Remember, pipes are controlled by monopolies, so that demand isn't all that sensitive to price.
Plus, if they wanted to be a total bastards, they could continue to jack up the rates until those 1% left. If those top 1% left, they could have 30% more capacity at a cost of only 1% of their revenue. Then, they could add 30% more customers with a usage profile like the other 99%. That seems like good business to me. It's also called increasing shareholder value.
This also is silly. If you're going to be charging everyone the same fees, then you're going to squeeze out the good along with the bad, assuming heavy users value their connection as much as light users. If anything, they probably value is MORE, which means you'll get all the light users switching out before the heavy ones leave.
That's why they are tweaking the flat fees. It isn't a viable option. Now, what they're doing is probably not the best way, but that's not your point.
http://rosecity.net/rush/rushtour.html. It makes a lot more sense now, doesn't it? :)
Isn't .edu domains controlled by NCSA, and not Verisign?