RE: How's this for fun?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

>   By their nature, surface mail letters are a single instance, pay per play.
> Telephone calls are a bit closer to an ISP.  Pay per play if you want to
> talk to someone outside of your area code (somewhat area code).  ISP's
> pricing structures have traditionally been on a speed level tier.  If an ISP
> wants to break out of that traditional pricing structure, more power to

They already have. My ISP for DSL, gives me unlimited use from midnight to 
8am, then 50 gb/month for the other times. I think a lot of ISPs have this 
sort of limitation.

And I did think of changing ISP when they went over to this scheme, but A) 
it's a lot of hassle to change six DSL lines, and B) I can get about 80% 
of what I need doing in their off-peak time and C) it turns out they can't 
actually measure how much I use during peak times.

> them.  But they'll not be able to survive long.  Limited use Internet access
> went the way of the dinosaur about 12ish years ago.  Although I'm still very
> surprised to see AOL offering free hours, which would make me assume they're
> still on an hourly pricing structure....

And since AOL is by far the biggest ISP, the dinosaurs still roam the 
net.


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