22 Nov
2011
22 Nov
'11
12:53 p.m.
Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> naively wrote:
On Nov 22, 2011, at 7:38 AM, Joel Maslak wrote:
On Nov 22, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu> wrote:
As long as a static allocation can be billed as a premium service, most providers will unfortunately do it.
Exactly. ISPs are in business to make as much money as they can - go figure.
How do you make more money by refusing to meet customer requests?
By 'encouraging' those 'high cost / low profit' customers to 'go elsewhere', and devoting the resources that they would otherwise consume to supporting 'lower-cost/ higher-profit' customers. This is 'no-brainer' free-market economics. :)