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Thread Index Re: [isp-bandwidth] Om Malik supports throttling, gets flamed
Thinking about this some more the Buffet thing actually works in some ways. It's all about class of service. If a consumer wants an all you can eat special they might go to home town buffet and get there $8 worth. Likewise someone offering all you can eat service for $84.95 monthly might fit the bill. However, if you want a steak dinner you might elect to spend 10 or more times the hometown buffet rate and eat at Mortons. Likewise you might pay more and get a better SLA, more diverse routes and on and on. Interestingly though comcast seems to be charging somewhere around $5 per meg. I've seen transit sold for $5 per meg as well granted on a larger buy but the price per meg is still the same. What if I as an ISP fill up continuously 800 megs of that 1000 meg pipe and burst higher. I'm still paying the same rate per meg almost (a little higher with the unused portion) to move the traffic that I am on my home loop, the scales are different but the price per bit is about the same. Should I there fore have my transit cut because I'm using it (assuming legally with in the terms and conditions)? What if home town buffet started kicking people out after plate 2 regardless of their advertising? Sure 80% of the customers might eat one plate but what about a fat ass like me who wants 3? I don't see how we justify false advertising. I can see the problem but advertising one thing and providing another isn't the fix.:) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barton" <jim.barton@...> To: <isp-bandwidth@isp-bandwidth.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:23 AM Subject: RE: [isp-bandwidth] Om Malik supports throttling, gets flamed That is why you merchandise the counter - put the cheap stuff at the front and expensive at the back (food wise). "Luby's 101" :) Back to the buffet Jim Barton Office: (512)-828-7286 Cell: 214-566-0596 -----Original Message----- From: KingBloom [mailto:lists@...] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:20 AM To: isp-bandwidth@isp-bandwidth.com Subject: Re: [isp-bandwidth] Om Malik supports throttling, gets flamed On Apr 29, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Hans Wolfgang Lutz wrote: True, but most people on the buffet line take more than they can eat...On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, KingBloom wrote:[...] and hence creating this all you can eat Ponderosa buffet with limitless/huge portions and no limits.I'd argue that the analogy actually _understates_ the problem. A person can only eat so much per meal. The faux-unlimited access approach is more like selling an "all you can eat per month" meal plan, then setting up snipers to shoot your plate if you take more than three asparagus spears at the buffet line. Regards, Bob Costas PR Director KingBloom.Com ________________________________________ KingBloom.Com Search Engine and Web Directory http://www.kingbloom.com Get a Free Credit Report : http://freecreditreport.mia.net ___________ __________ To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. Copyright 2007 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved. To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. Copyright 2007 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved. To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. Copyright 2007 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved.
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