Comments on: The metered internet http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:34:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Metered Internet? Will the Ads / Page view Model Grind to a Halt? at Encoded | Gregory Tomlinson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-376526 Metered Internet? Will the Ads / Page view Model Grind to a Halt? at Encoded | Gregory Tomlinson Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:02:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-376526 [...] blogger Jeff Jarvis stated on BuzzMachine in January of this year, the internet exploded when flat rate internet usage was introduced. Is Time Warner trying to reverse the trend that thankfully ended over a decade ago? [...] [...] blogger Jeff Jarvis stated on BuzzMachine in January of this year, the internet exploded when flat rate internet usage was introduced. Is Time Warner trying to reverse the trend that thankfully ended over a decade ago? [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-372573 Jonathan Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:20:53 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-372573 The future of mobile broadband has arrived -- in Korea On the theme of internet access, Korea's WiMax-like system provides faster, cheaper wireless broadband Article reads as follows, "The next time you're on the road and either can't find a Wi-Fi hot spot or it seems to take forever to download an important file via 3G, imagine you're in Seoul, South Korea. That's because Seoul's wireless WiBro network is nirvana for traveling professionals. WiBro is a branded version of the same 802.16e-2005 WiMax standard that is coming to the U.S. In Korea, it delivers data three times faster than 3G networks, with typical download speeds as high as 6Mbit/sec." - article continues at this link - http://broadbandmobile.blogspot.com/2008/04/future-of-mobile-broadband-has-arrived.html The future of mobile broadband has arrived — in Korea

On the theme of internet access, Korea’s WiMax-like system provides faster, cheaper wireless broadband

Article reads as follows, “The next time you’re on the road and either can’t find a Wi-Fi hot spot or it seems to take forever to download an important file via 3G, imagine you’re in Seoul, South Korea. That’s because Seoul’s wireless WiBro network is nirvana for traveling professionals.

WiBro is a branded version of the same 802.16e-2005 WiMax standard that is coming to the U.S. In Korea, it delivers data three times faster than 3G networks, with typical download speeds as high as 6Mbit/sec.” - article continues at this link - http://broadbandmobile.blogspot.com/2008/04/future-of-mobile-broadband-has-arrived.html

]]> By: Patrick http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367357 Patrick Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:54:48 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367357 When staying in a hotel, Internet access is a value-added service, not something that comes with the room, like clean sheets or hot water. Expect to pay for it unless it is in the hotelier's interest to create a competitive advantage by offering free Internet access as an inducement to travelers to stay there. To Steve Yelvington: Tsk, tsk, Steve; half the reason for going to conferences is to network at the hotel bar with the other conferees. By holing up with your laptop in your room across the street at the hotel with free wifi access and breakfasts, you are missing out! When staying in a hotel, Internet access is a value-added service, not something that comes with the room, like clean sheets or hot water. Expect to pay for it unless it is in the hotelier’s interest to create a competitive advantage by offering free Internet access as an inducement to travelers to stay there.

To Steve Yelvington: Tsk, tsk, Steve; half the reason for going to conferences is to network at the hotel bar with the other conferees. By holing up with your laptop in your room across the street at the hotel with free wifi access and breakfasts, you are missing out!

]]> By: Darren Herman - Marketing, Advertising, Media and Technology Blog » Blog Archive » links for 2008-01-21 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367341 Darren Herman - Marketing, Advertising, Media and Technology Blog » Blog Archive » links for 2008-01-21 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:25:37 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367341 [...] The metered internet We’re doomed if this comes to the USA. Oh wait, it’s almost here. Maybe. (tags: internet web usage finance economics) [...] [...] The metered internet We’re doomed if this comes to the USA. Oh wait, it’s almost here. Maybe. (tags: internet web usage finance economics) [...]

]]> By: Metered Internet… « Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul… http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367327 Metered Internet… « Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul… Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:17:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367327 [...] bandwidth, buzzmachine, Internet, jeff-jarvis Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine fame rants about metered internet and how it’s a bad thing. I guess it’s a good thing India really doesn’t hold something where in a lot of [...] [...] bandwidth, buzzmachine, Internet, jeff-jarvis Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine fame rants about metered internet and how it’s a bad thing. I guess it’s a good thing India really doesn’t hold something where in a lot of [...]

]]> By: CrunchGear » Archive » Speaking of metering the Internet… http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367325 CrunchGear » Archive » Speaking of metering the Internet… Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:46 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367325 [...] The metered internet [BuzzMachine] [...] [...] The metered internet [BuzzMachine] [...]

]]> By: Garth http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367306 Garth Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:44:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367306 Here in South Africa just like in Australia we pay per gigabyte for out of country uploads and downloads. My internet bill for 8GB of capped usage and a 4Mbps DSL connection works out 128 US Dollars per month. Here in South Africa just like in Australia we pay per gigabyte for out of country uploads and downloads.

My internet bill for 8GB of capped usage and a 4Mbps DSL connection works out 128 US Dollars per month.

]]> By: James http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367304 James Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:16:32 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367304 Charging based on download limits is de rigueur for Australian broadband. Some ISPs are even counting uploads in these limits. Charging based on download limits is de rigueur for Australian broadband. Some ISPs are even counting uploads in these limits.

]]> By: Chris C. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367284 Chris C. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:03:24 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367284 Not sure what the conversion rate is these days, but that kind of piracy goes on in the US as well. At the NCAA basketball tournament, they charge $30 per day for a wirelss hook up in the media room, and they forbid any sort of sharing the connection. If they find more than one machine using the login assigned to your account, they will terminate the account. Couldn't say how fast the connection was, because at that rate, I opted to reactivate an old AOL dial-up account for a month, rather than pay over three times as much for the three days I was covering the tournament. Not sure what the conversion rate is these days, but that kind of piracy goes on in the US as well. At the NCAA basketball tournament, they charge $30 per day for a wirelss hook up in the media room, and they forbid any sort of sharing the connection. If they find more than one machine using the login assigned to your account, they will terminate the account.

Couldn’t say how fast the connection was, because at that rate, I opted to reactivate an old AOL dial-up account for a month, rather than pay over three times as much for the three days I was covering the tournament.

]]> By: The Metered Internet: Another Artificial Scarcity Bad Idea « SmoothSpan Blog http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367257 The Metered Internet: Another Artificial Scarcity Bad Idea « SmoothSpan Blog Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:43:26 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367257 [...] that lost out after creating Artificial Scarcity.  Time Warner will find that if their changes are onerous enough, people will look for alternatives, and it will be profitable for others to produce the [...] [...] that lost out after creating Artificial Scarcity.  Time Warner will find that if their changes are onerous enough, people will look for alternatives, and it will be profitable for others to produce the [...]

]]> By: Steve Yelvington http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367250 Steve Yelvington Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:48:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367250 Right, Swisscom's pricing sucks. You must be staying in a Hilton, where you get the "privilege" of paying through the nose for services the same company gives you for free at its Hampton hotels. I like to do a bit of touring whenever I'm abroad for a conference, but my first step is to move out of the conference hotel and into a cheap place where wifi and breakfasts are free, and nobody's wearing a suit. Right, Swisscom’s pricing sucks.

You must be staying in a Hilton, where you get the “privilege” of paying through the nose for services the same company gives you for free at its Hampton hotels.

I like to do a bit of touring whenever I’m abroad for a conference, but my first step is to move out of the conference hotel and into a cheap place where wifi and breakfasts are free, and nobody’s wearing a suit.

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367235 Rob Hyndman Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:34:52 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367235 Interesting analogy: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/world/asia/20japan.html Interesting analogy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/world/asia/20japan.html

]]> By: Louis Gray http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367220 Louis Gray Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:33:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/20/the-metered-internet/#comment-367220 Moving toward paying for data by the byte would be a tremendous step backwards for the Web. Although we understand the strain on carriers, unlimited is what customers expect, and those who cannot provide it should be spurned and lambasted. Moving toward paying for data by the byte would be a tremendous step backwards for the Web. Although we understand the strain on carriers, unlimited is what customers expect, and those who cannot provide it should be spurned and lambasted.

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