thinkingback
| thinking back to dialup
Well, this has actually been done before, just not on dsl-- mostly dialup.. You got a limited number of hours and/or were charged by the hour and sent a monthly billing statement to be paid. Pre-paid is a new idea since the calling-card era for pre-paid usage beginning on pay-phones and home phones, then cell phones: now dsl 'lite'.
Anything for revenue, I guess, but I'd be more concerned with companies running dsl lines that don't have a 'guaranteed' revenue stream. Two ways to look at it, untapped marketshare, or a way to 'save money', say you go on vacation and dont' want to pay for those months... etc. POGO works for them. But, don't try it in the US, you might face some backlash. |
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LinuxJunkie
join:2005-01-19
Cyberspace
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January 5th, @02:54AM
| Yes, but how will this apply to DSL? Will a user be billed as being "connected" if they are logged in with PPPoE even if they are not actively using the connection? What happens if they forget to logout of PPPoE? At least with a dial-up connection you'd eventually figure out that the phone was tied up when you got that God awful screeching noise in your ear when you picked up the phone. With PPPoE clients, it'll be much easier to "forget" that you're "connected." |
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tapeloop
Long live Ollie.
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Airstrip One
| It would seem to me that Be would charge by data usage in this model rather than time spent online, with the stipulation that after 3 months you have to "recharge" regardless. Unless I missed something.
Still too early to tell how this will pan out, but the PAYG DSL idea has good potential.
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