Comment Re:ISP' who don't allow WiFi cheat customers (Score 1) 96
I agree whole-heartedly. If they want to provide me with service restricted to "256Kbps and 30 GB/day between the hours of 7 am and 7pm, etc..." then that is what they should advertise and sell. When they sell a service without listing restrictions, that is what I expect and what I should get. It should not matter who or how many use that bandwidth, or from where that bandwidth is used.
On the flip side of this coin, how about the people who DON'T use the "maximum acceptable" bandwidth? I don't think any of the providers are sending them emails saying "Gee, you're saving bandwidth and we really appreciate you're not raising our costs." In my opinion, if you're going to complain when somebody uses everything you provide, you ought to be grateful to those who don't take advantage.
My opinion of the way the companies should approach the "problem" of wireless-accessible broadband? Sell the service on a throughput measurement and throttle mean download speeds to the advertised rate. If they don't want to advertise what they REALLY want to sell, stop complaining when people use everything they can. Imagine going to an "All You Can Eat" buffet and being told you can't eat anymore because they didn't expect you to eat as much as 10 people. Hey, you promote unlimited usage - that's what I expect.
On the flip side of this coin, how about the people who DON'T use the "maximum acceptable" bandwidth? I don't think any of the providers are sending them emails saying "Gee, you're saving bandwidth and we really appreciate you're not raising our costs." In my opinion, if you're going to complain when somebody uses everything you provide, you ought to be grateful to those who don't take advantage.
My opinion of the way the companies should approach the "problem" of wireless-accessible broadband? Sell the service on a throughput measurement and throttle mean download speeds to the advertised rate. If they don't want to advertise what they REALLY want to sell, stop complaining when people use everything they can. Imagine going to an "All You Can Eat" buffet and being told you can't eat anymore because they didn't expect you to eat as much as 10 people. Hey, you promote unlimited usage - that's what I expect.
