Comments on: Why Tiered Broadband Is the Enemy of Innovation http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080606/why-tiered-broadband-is-the-enemy-of-innovation/ from other Web sites Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:19:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Webb http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080606/why-tiered-broadband-is-the-enemy-of-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Bill Webb Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:29:56 +0000 http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080606/why-tiered-broadband-is-the-enemy-of-innovation/#comment-288 I think the weeping and gnashing of teeth over tiered broadband is similar to the current situation regarding oil prices. The excuses exist, and both sides will do what they can to influence things to go their way. But, ya know what? Just as people continue to drive despite incredible fuel costs (relative to what <i>we're</i> used to -- they've been this high in Europe for decades) folks will continue to pay whatever it takes to support their Internet habits, whatever <i>they</i> may be. I think the weeping and gnashing of teeth over tiered broadband is similar to the current situation regarding oil prices. The excuses exist, and both sides will do what they can to influence things to go their way.

But, ya know what? Just as people continue to drive despite incredible fuel costs (relative to what we’re used to — they’ve been this high in Europe for decades) folks will continue to pay whatever it takes to support their Internet habits, whatever they may be.

]]> By: Carl Hicks http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080606/why-tiered-broadband-is-the-enemy-of-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Carl Hicks Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:02:50 +0000 http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080606/why-tiered-broadband-is-the-enemy-of-innovation/#comment-287 While I agree somewhat with this argument we already have tired system. You can buy different speeds depending upon your needs. Which sounds good on paper but the problem is you don't get what you pay for. I live in the mid-west and have road runner turbo which is suppose to offer seeds up to 10mb but i don't get any where near that nor am i even getting a boost in performance. I ran the test on my connection with a router present, connecting directly to the modem and my speed were around 600kps during the height of the day when all the kids in the neighborhood get out of school. And about 700 at night around three or four in the morning when no one is really connected. After adding the premium service my seeds were the same. So paying the extra $15 is not worth it. But is an example of how we will pay more if we get more. And I feel the apps that are talking about the people willing to pay more are the main audience. So while it may hurt i don't I would rather get the better performance, if we are truly going to get the better performance. While I agree somewhat with this argument we already have tired system. You can buy different speeds depending upon your needs. Which sounds good on paper but the problem is you don’t get what you pay for. I live in the mid-west and have road runner turbo which is suppose to offer seeds up to 10mb but i don’t get any where near that nor am i even getting a boost in performance. I ran the test on my connection with a router present, connecting directly to the modem and my speed were around 600kps during the height of the day when all the kids in the neighborhood get out of school. And about 700 at night around three or four in the morning when no one is really connected. After adding the premium service my seeds were the same. So paying the extra $15 is not worth it. But is an example of how we will pay more if we get more. And I feel the apps that are talking about the people willing to pay more are the main audience. So while it may hurt i don’t I would rather get the better performance, if we are truly going to get the better performance.

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