Comments on: Should We Pay for Broadband by the Byte? http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/09/02/should-we-pay-for-broadband-by-the-byte/ My opinions about convergence, consumer technology, gadgets, Web, and more. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: bounderboy http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/09/02/should-we-pay-for-broadband-by-the-byte/comment-page-1/#comment-369727 bounderboy Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:24:27 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1545#comment-369727 I am afraid i am in the same boat - i probably use 3gig average/ month and 40gig if I was going silly - the point that i had to pay per byte would make the internet much less appealing and as your previous caller said "scaring". My dad uses the internet a lot but I am talking less than a gig a month and he won't change to a new package as he is worried that losing his unlimited package would make him worried about using it.. He could save half his subscription.. its a weird human psyche but i do understand it.. I am afraid i am in the same boat – i probably use 3gig average/ month and 40gig if I was going silly – the point that i had to pay per byte would make the internet much less appealing and as your previous caller said “scaring”.

My dad uses the internet a lot but I am talking less than a gig a month and he won’t change to a new package as he is worried that losing his unlimited package would make him worried about using it.. He could save half his subscription.. its a weird human psyche but i do understand it..

]]> By: wisher http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/09/02/should-we-pay-for-broadband-by-the-byte/comment-page-1/#comment-369424 wisher Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:19:45 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1545#comment-369424 One you get an unlimited flat, going back to something limited is a big problem. 250GB is so much, I don't think I'm actually consuming too bytes in a month, but the idea of limited download is scaring :-D One you get an unlimited flat, going back to something limited is a big problem. 250GB is so much, I don’t think I’m actually consuming too bytes in a month, but the idea of limited download is scaring :-D

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