On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:43:25 EST, "Sachs, Marcus Hans (Marc)" said:
one-size-fits-all model like the hotels try to do. Imagine a residential ISP that offers castration at a lower price point than what is currently charged for monthly "raw" access.
The gene pool needed some chlorine anyhow, but this is a creative approach. :) But seriously - would this be significantly different than the model that many ISPs already use, where "consumer" connections get port 25 blocked, no servers allowed, etc, and "business grade" skip those restrictions? Or are you saying that ISPs should go *further* in blocking stuff, and use the resulting support savings to lower the consumer grade price point? Only big stumbling block is what percent of customers will be willing to skip file-sharing networks and online games that use oddball ports? Any ideas there?