I have been lurking here - waiting for prices to drop so that I can get ADSL (but Telkom thinks the market is already saturated!) - and I just have to chip in here when I read how people justify per gig billing 'because thats all they personally need'.
Per gig billing is an attempt to create scarcity where there is none! Its a purely economic decision motivated by profit and has very little to do with technical issues.
One reason Telkom uses is 'some users will abuse the system'. You have a cetain line speed allocated that you pay for - wether you transfer more or less data you can never exceed your quota of available line speed. Same goes for shaping - if you do p2p or web browsing it makes no difference - you can never exceed your quota on the line. You pay for the line speed you want! There is (or should be) a contention ratio that you pay for - if on the cheaper 50:1 then no matter what you do you can never exceed your quota - its impossible to 'abuse' it - you are sharing the line with other people - no matter what a single user does. Pay more for a 20:1 contention ratio on Business ADSL if you need it. You pay for a specified line speed and contention ratio and its impossible to go above these limits!
One reason that telkom uses for capping is 'most people use less than 3gig anyway' - so what about a FAMILY or SCHOOL or SMALL BUSINESS? Must I get separate ADSL for my wife and kids and mother? If most people use less than 3gig then the cap should be 30gig to make it useful for a whole family or other group. Most people use less because they get capped if they go over!
Per gig billing is an evil bull**** scheme being pushed by telkom and certain greedy ISPs that see a way to increase profits -> make it SEEM cheaper but nail them with per gig charges! Its actually very clever: charge each suscriber the maximum that they are able to pay - they will regulate themselves to this level! But its crap: copper is not like wireless and cellphone - the copper is not scarce like with a tower - its there - one strand going to each house or busniss or school! Telkom is creating a scarcity where there is none!
Whats next? Callmore time on ADSL? Their costs suddenly drop after hours? Bull****. Callmore exists as a way to maximise profits and has nothing to do with running costs.
Its purely a case of charging the maximum possible amount that the market will bear, and creating a pricing model that allows Telkom to extract the most money from each subscriber.
Capping, shaping & per gig billing is evil because Telkom uses bull**** excuses as to why they are doing it and lies and uses smokescreens to justify it. Its evil because we dont have normal competitive free market.
Capping, shaping & per gig billing is evil because Telkom was built with taxpayers money and as a monopoly needs to provide a basic service.
Capping, shaping & per gig billing is evil because it is.
Per gig billing is an attempt to create scarcity where there is none! Its a purely economic decision motivated by profit and has very little to do with technical issues.
One reason Telkom uses is 'some users will abuse the system'. You have a cetain line speed allocated that you pay for - wether you transfer more or less data you can never exceed your quota of available line speed. Same goes for shaping - if you do p2p or web browsing it makes no difference - you can never exceed your quota on the line. You pay for the line speed you want! There is (or should be) a contention ratio that you pay for - if on the cheaper 50:1 then no matter what you do you can never exceed your quota - its impossible to 'abuse' it - you are sharing the line with other people - no matter what a single user does. Pay more for a 20:1 contention ratio on Business ADSL if you need it. You pay for a specified line speed and contention ratio and its impossible to go above these limits!
One reason that telkom uses for capping is 'most people use less than 3gig anyway' - so what about a FAMILY or SCHOOL or SMALL BUSINESS? Must I get separate ADSL for my wife and kids and mother? If most people use less than 3gig then the cap should be 30gig to make it useful for a whole family or other group. Most people use less because they get capped if they go over!
Per gig billing is an evil bull**** scheme being pushed by telkom and certain greedy ISPs that see a way to increase profits -> make it SEEM cheaper but nail them with per gig charges! Its actually very clever: charge each suscriber the maximum that they are able to pay - they will regulate themselves to this level! But its crap: copper is not like wireless and cellphone - the copper is not scarce like with a tower - its there - one strand going to each house or busniss or school! Telkom is creating a scarcity where there is none!
Whats next? Callmore time on ADSL? Their costs suddenly drop after hours? Bull****. Callmore exists as a way to maximise profits and has nothing to do with running costs.
Its purely a case of charging the maximum possible amount that the market will bear, and creating a pricing model that allows Telkom to extract the most money from each subscriber.
Capping, shaping & per gig billing is evil because Telkom uses bull**** excuses as to why they are doing it and lies and uses smokescreens to justify it. Its evil because we dont have normal competitive free market.
Capping, shaping & per gig billing is evil because Telkom was built with taxpayers money and as a monopoly needs to provide a basic service.
Capping, shaping & per gig billing is evil because it is.
