Charging by the Byte.......

[wrag]

to Curb Internet Traffic


http://biz.yahoo.com/nytimes/080614/1194785259060.html?.v=3

Several providers are listed as being for it.

Seems many or even all of em are heading that way.......................

[CAP1]

to Curb Internet Traffic


http://biz.yahoo.com/nytimes/080614/1194785259060.html?.v=3

Several providers are listed as being for it.

Seems many or even all of em are heading that way.......................

if this is true, i guess i'll be breaking another bad habit

[ramzey]

we where not there 15 years ago?
As i remember everyone move from those internet providers who charge you for your internet usage

[Getback]

That in itself would cause an economic downturn. I would go to a lower level of service and quit gaming.

[Reschke]

It would eliminate my gaming and stop my upcoming son from doing the same thing online. It might not be such a bad thing but I can see companies like M$, Google and Apple who are beginning to load programs onto the web see a massive downturn in their usage and would either influence those ISP's doing the metering or do something completely different and open up their own ISP's much like MSN is already. We shall see what the others do in the short term.

[Vulcan]

Errr the way it works with the rest of the world is you get a cap, if you go over that you get throttled or pay extra. IIRC caps proposed in the USA were going to be fairly large. In some cases we get 'free national' traffic and only int'l traffic counts against our cap.

[Nilsen]

Wont happen over here. It has been rejected by the industry when it has been brought up. We will however see additional services that has a cap but lower prices than today. Far too many huge players have invested in online content here.

[DREDIOCK]

Far too many huge players have invested in online content here.

I think we may end up seeing the same situation here as well.
Too much revenue to be lost by too many companies for themt o tolerate it.

Or in the end whats going to happen is someone is going to offer an unlimited flat rate fee and everyone else will be watermelon outa luck.

At worst I see perhaps a teired user approach.
Which may not be a bad thing provided prices are lowered for the lowest teired users from where they are at now.
After all if your oly using the web to check Email and occasionally surf.
Why pay $40+ per month?