Why Don't ISP's release a daily service

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DrewChan

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Say...... R50 for 12 hrs of uncapped unshaped data.
Surely this would be worth their while in the long run.
 
Why only 12 hours? There are 24 hours in a day :D

I only know of mobile options for this, not a bad idea though - pitch it to OpenWeb.
 
DrewChan said:
Say...... R50 for 12 hrs of uncapped unshaped data.
Surely this would be worth their while in the long run.
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Would fail. Would be prohibitively expensive. Would probably cost almost the price of a month's uncapped.

Remember with a full month you don't expect the client to hammer the line 24/7. that way you can build in contention ratios and offer a lower priced service. With a timed account your clients will be guaranteed to hammer the line constantly. Meaning you have to sell them a 1:1 service which is craploads more expensive.
 
Yes but 50 x 31 = R1550
OpenWebs gold uncapped unshaped = R899.

So almost double the revenue-

Surely their uncapped Unshaped accounts should be a 1:1 service or close too
 
DrewChan said:
Yes but 50 x 31 = R1550
OpenWebs gold uncapped unshaped = R899.

So almost double the revenue-

Surely their uncapped Unshaped accounts should be a 1:1 service or close too
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Only high end expensive dedicated lines are ever 1:1, but I think they would need to adjust that price depending on the speed though.

R50 for 1Mbps
R99 for 2Mbps
R180 for 4Mbps
R250 for 10Mbps

Would have to be a model like this, but then I guess they would much rather just sell a prepaid bundle of xGB than bother with 24h uncapped.
 
True I guess 4mb over 12 hrs would be max of around 20gbs.
You could just call it R12 per gig
 
Selling data on a time-based scale is going backwards, to the dark days of dialup connections.

The whole point of ADSL is that it is permanently connected, and available to use whenever needed. Even WiFi operators are moving away from time-based billing, and implementing caps, or uncapped connections.
 
DrewChan said:
Yes but 50 x 31 = R1550
OpenWebs gold uncapped unshaped = R899.

So almost double the revenue-

Surely their uncapped Unshaped accounts should be a 1:1 service or close too
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lol.

Wishful thinking.

People will only take this coz they too cheap for a proper uncapped account.

So instead of 50 people paying R899, you will get 50 people buying the 12hour uncapped once a week to download thier series, then a 3gig cap to last them the rest of the week.
 
DrewChan said:
Say...... R50 for 12 hrs of uncapped unshaped data.
Surely this would be worth their while in the long run.
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Why would you want that- I currently pay Openweb R80 a month for uncapped, that's only R30 more a month. Yes it's not 4MB, but I can get all the stuff I want in a month and surely more than I can get in 12 hours.
 
"Would you purchase a 4Mbps Uncapped Unshaped - 24 Hour account? Do you see value in such a service? The account will run for 24 hours from signup." -OpenWeb Facebook account.
 
makes sense to me. capped user buys a game on sale from steam. example

26 Gb - Max Payne 3
10 Gb - Far Cry 3
14 Gb - Crysis 3
10 Gb - Dead Space 3
13 Gb - Battlefield 3

and now have to download all the patches... sometimes up to more than 3 Gb.

One day of 4mb uncapped and your sorted
 
FreddyB said:
makes sense to me. capped user buys a game on sale from steam. example

26 Gb - Max Payne 3
10 Gb - Far Cry 3
14 Gb - Crysis 3
10 Gb - Dead Space 3
13 Gb - Battlefield 3

and now have to download all the patches... sometimes up to more than 3 Gb.

One day of 4mb uncapped and your sorted
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Why have that hassle instead of getting a proper uncapped account?

Seems really retarded to me.
 
Qwikslver said:
Why have that hassle instead of getting a proper uncapped account?

Seems really retarded to me.
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Why is this retarted? There are still plenty of people that use very little data day to day for whom an uncapped account makes little economic sense, yet who *might* on occasion have a need to use a lot on data is a short space of time?

I'm on an unshaped 4mb account with Mweb, at R569p/m. A 10Gb capped account at R190p/m for my browsing/gaming plus an "all you can eat for 24 hours" option at even a R100 a pop would get me pretty much everything I want (About 90Gb a month) and save me R180 - R280 (And I'm sure there are cheaper options for capped than Mweb anyway).
 
Icarium said:
Why is this retarted? There are still plenty of people that use very little data day to day for whom an uncapped account makes little economic sense, yet who *might* on occasion have a need to use a lot on data is a short space of time?

I'm on an unshaped 4mb account with Mweb, at R569p/m. A 10Gb capped account at R190p/m for my browsing/gaming plus an "all you can eat for 24 hours" option at even a R100 a pop would get me pretty much everything I want (About 90Gb a month) and save me R180 - R280 (And I'm sure there are cheaper options for capped than Mweb anyway).
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Because uncapped isn't about how much you download. It's about peace of mind. One less thing to worry about. When I want to use the internet it works. No checking for how many gigs I have left. No purchasing more if I run out.

Even if I only used 10gigs a month I'd still be on uncapped.
 
I would be interested if i was on a capped account but i would want it for say 7 days or a custom option to choose a period of time. Theres the IND/AUS tour starting tomorrow so having an option to watch at full line speed (not on SS's stream mind you, Sky Sports HD etc) (1/2/4/6/10/20/40) would be pretty sweet. As you can see, per day it would work out too much :p.
 
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