Internet traffic and Azureus -

[Res]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Tim wrote:

> I don't see a problem with a customer using what they've paid for.  If
> the ISP advertised something, and accepted the client, the customer
> ought to be able to do what they want with it.

Do you seriouly think, that 70 dollars a month pays for:

1/ 300 gb of internet traffic
2/ part cost recovery of physical internet links, excludes data (*N1)
3/ part cost recovery of physical isp-user links called AGVCs  (*N1)
4/ part cost recovery of customer support
5/ part cost recovery of all other operating costs like phones power
    maintenance network and other staff etc.
6/ the DSL port (tail)
7/ as a business they like to make a littel bit of profit as well, why?
   because contrary to popular user belief internet service is not a god
   given right, it is a privilige adn ISP's are not charities.

**N1: The charges for these are decided on how large the link size is
and increases with size. This cost is a large once off initial and an 
ongoing lesser monthly fee.

> every last iota of my quota.  I have little sympathy for ISPs
> overselling themselves, that's their fault.

Tim, they oversell because of the above, if they were to do the above and 
what you want, I guarantee you, you will be paying 500-700 plus dollars a 
month, ring around the likes of the larger well known ISP's and ask the 
business plan costs for 1.5 mb dsl with unlimited data.

There is a reason it costs 10 times more than residential service, because
all of the above is taken into account and the user can do their 300G a
month on a dedicated 1:1 path, so you do get what you pay for.

> I do have sympathy for the
> rest of their users being overcharged to subsidise the other users (ISPs
> spreading the costs around, unfairly).  It should be user pays, and user
> pays fairly.

I couldnt agree more, it shits me to tears that someone who uses 10G 
a month pays the same and has to offset the costs for some 100G a month 
leacher.



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Cheers
Res