Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision

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From: Dave Smith
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 13:39

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Brent P wrote:

> In article <BAVG8.15971$Hf4.1917429@news20.bellglobal.com>, quebectech wrote:
> > UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED.
>
> Yep consume all you can, fuck the other guy. Fuck him, so what if the
> neighbors don't have enough bandwidth, that's their fucking problem.
> You took all you can and that's all that matters. What a wonderful society
> this is.
>
> You don't seem to realize that the average bandwidth consumption is
> what drives the cost of the service. When the average gets to high and if
> the price is raised for all, it's the smaller users that will drop the
> service, pushing the price higher yet. Eventually the company stops
> offering it for lack of a customer base. OR they could try and stay
> in buisness by trying to control the consumption.

If that is the case, do you think that Sympatico did not realize that when they
offered *unlimited access* that people would not make use of that service?
People signed on for unlimited access because they wanted a high speed connection
that would allow them to transfer a lot of data and to do it quickly.  They were
led to believe that they would be able to do this.  They paid for installation
packages and monthly rates that were much higher in order to get that service.
That is what they wanted. That is what they were offered. Now Sympatico what's to
put limits on their unlimited service.

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