Metering.
Filed under: Hmmm
It seems like the idea for internet metering has been around for a while, but is now being re-considered. I really don’t think I like that idea, though it does make sense. The basic idea is that you get charged on how much bandwidth you use, how many bytes you take when you sit online. However, if you use Utube a lot or watch HULU then it could cause you some issues. The way many of the companies are trying to move most media online, like the movies, could also come to a screeching halt. The ISP’s or internet service providers are saying that this is a better option because they don’t have the money to change to a fiber network where the bandwidth usage wouldn’t make a big difference.
Your internet enjoyment depends on your speed, if you have dial up it probably wouldn’t matter to you much. Really the only problem I would have with it depends on how greedy they got. If they just used some common sense and say, dropped the starting rate then increased depending on usage from there, it would be fine. Since we all pay the same amount and they want to switch to usage then the base amount should be a lot lower then what it is now. A lot lower.
I am still not sure about it though. To be honest I would really rather they go to fiber or find something else, maybe just make a mandatory cut off line that if you are going over then you have to move up to the next category of service. That is probably the same thing, but it really is in the public’s perception. What would be really good is for one company, one ISP, to try it and when they do for all of us to switch to somebody else. I think they would get the idea fairly quickly. I am just not sure about the idea. I can see good and bad.