Shocking: ISP Study Finds that We Should Give them More Money
Shocking: ISP Study Finds that We Should Give them More Money
Posted 01/31/2011 at 6:39pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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ISPs are often issuing dire warnings about the unsustainable course the Internet is currently on. They would have us believe they can't afford to make the necessary network improvements. In many places around the world, these companies are making nose about changes in billing and network management that they'd like to see. For the good of all of us, of course. According to ArsTechnica, four major European ISPs have commissioned a study to "A Viable Future Model for the Internet." As you might expect, this involves pretty much everyone giving the ISPs more money.
The study calls out four changes that need to happen for ISPs to remain sufficiently flush with cash to keep us online. First, consumers have to pay more per month. Specifically, about $8 (€6) per month more. Second, large internet companies should pay ISPs about $0.07 (€0.05) per gigabyte of traffic delivered to their network. For traffic delivered to mobile networks, that charge would be an astounding $4 (€3.03) per gigabyte. Next, the ISPs will need to be allowed to do paid traffic shaping for service like Netflix. A site that offloads lots of data would basically be forced to pay so their bits don't get held up. Finally, ISPs should set up more "managed services" that operate from within the ISPs network.
The report is available here (PDF), and it is worth a look. We’re not sure about this supposed unsustainable level of economic pressure on ISPs. After all, one American ISP has enough money to just buy NBC-Universal. The entire thing seems tailor made to fit into the ISPs' vision of the future, and that's really its value here. This report lets us know how these businesses think. This is a look into the intentions of your ISP.
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Caboose
February 01, 2011 at 4:01pm
Oh, but don't ask your ISP why they can't do faster speeds for cheaper when other ISP's around the world are doing it, because "Its just not possible for it to be done and the company to be sustained".
Danthrax66
January 31, 2011 at 9:23pm
I prefer the model the japanese ISPs have to follow. No data tiers, no speed tiers. This way the only way to seperate yourself from your competition is by either lower price for the same speed or ridiculous speeds. Fuck this poor ISP cry me a river bullshit. Regulate their asses.
praetor_alpha
January 31, 2011 at 8:22pm
And I want my speeds to increase 50% every year. Uploads too.
If the provider can make demands, I, as a consumer, can too.
someuid
February 01, 2011 at 8:44am
And the ISP should be held responsible for everything that travels over their network: spam, theft, fraud, child pornography.
AndyYankee17
January 31, 2011 at 7:59pm
Again Europeons not understanding economics. If ISPs currently cannot afford to stay in business then they will fail. Then you have less supply which raises prices which gives the remaining ISPs more capital to invest. Simple economics, supply and demand. It dictates everything.
Zachary K.
January 31, 2011 at 6:51pm
"how can we keep our top executives swimming in cash if you don't give us more money! we will cap bandwidth at 10GB before our CEO goes without a private jet!"
Conal_keaney
January 31, 2011 at 8:20pm
I second that. It's not like these companies really put alot of this money into "upgrading" their networks. We would like to believe they do but the sad fact is that they just maintain them. That's it. Like for example, people who still don't have access to broadband in the U.S. mainly because they are not available in their area.
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