On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Edward Henigin wrote:
The point remains: flat rate systems will operate to discourage resource use, metered rate systems will encourage resource use. When was the last time AT&T suggested you *not* make that LD call?
From the user viewpoint, flat-rates encourage resource use and metered rates discourage it. This is widely found to be the case in the ISP industry. The closer an ISP is to pure flat-rate pricing the more problems
Who cares about AT&T? When was the last time that your spouse encouraged you to make that LD call? they have with resource shortages, mainly dialup lines and modems but sometimes server capacity and T1's if their flat-rate pricing extends to server-based services like WWW servers. Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com