http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality
We already pay extra for our gaming and having a faster internet connection. Do you mean I am going to have to pay more just to blog and look up my gaming cheats?!?!
2012 Internet change
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A'Ton Sands
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Well it doesnt sound good, but I can see how it would work from a certain point of view.
Currently ISP's here limit internet packages in two main ways, via data quotas or speed. In the long run, speed caps are going to cost them more than they make from the package. It will be easier for them to offer just one speed, the max at which your line can support. So they dont have to have an artifcial limit on services.
The other way is Data caps, which allow you to download a certain amount, before you need to pay an excess, or get cut back in speed. This means that some people buy a package that can have as little as 1gig of quota per month, on a high speed ADSL line, which can use that quota in a few minutes. It's not very practical, and can be expensive to go up to higher plans, especially if you have a big family.
It's the data that costs ISPs the most. Everything you download costs them money. Unless it's from their own network, or a shared network with other ISPs.
The way the site above is suggesting, will offer limited access plans, to cut costs, and offer cheaper services to consumers. They can still get full speed, and a large amount of data quota.
Lets think of my internet package im using now as the "complete" package, which allows me to visit any site I want. Same price as I pay now, for the same content I get now.
Then comes a business, which only needs a limited amount of sites available from it's network or Granny Smith who only visits 1 site. So now they can pay for a limited package, which costs them only a fraction of what a complete package would cost. However they aren capped in speed, and they can visit the site as often as they wish (unlimited quota).
Some packages could be very very cheap, simply because it might be limited to the ISP's own network, and they can mirror sites for those offered packages.
I still dont think it's a good idea, mostly for the reasons stated in the video.
Currently ISP's here limit internet packages in two main ways, via data quotas or speed. In the long run, speed caps are going to cost them more than they make from the package. It will be easier for them to offer just one speed, the max at which your line can support. So they dont have to have an artifcial limit on services.
The other way is Data caps, which allow you to download a certain amount, before you need to pay an excess, or get cut back in speed. This means that some people buy a package that can have as little as 1gig of quota per month, on a high speed ADSL line, which can use that quota in a few minutes. It's not very practical, and can be expensive to go up to higher plans, especially if you have a big family.
It's the data that costs ISPs the most. Everything you download costs them money. Unless it's from their own network, or a shared network with other ISPs.
The way the site above is suggesting, will offer limited access plans, to cut costs, and offer cheaper services to consumers. They can still get full speed, and a large amount of data quota.
Lets think of my internet package im using now as the "complete" package, which allows me to visit any site I want. Same price as I pay now, for the same content I get now.
Then comes a business, which only needs a limited amount of sites available from it's network or Granny Smith who only visits 1 site. So now they can pay for a limited package, which costs them only a fraction of what a complete package would cost. However they aren capped in speed, and they can visit the site as often as they wish (unlimited quota).
Some packages could be very very cheap, simply because it might be limited to the ISP's own network, and they can mirror sites for those offered packages.
I still dont think it's a good idea, mostly for the reasons stated in the video.
