Apparently Telcos are faced with implementing the following algorithm to create value-added services:
- Take service S with provides value Y - Artificially remove value, creating new service V - Price V at the same level as S - Offer old S at a higher price point and market it as a "value added" service, compared to V One would have thought that "value added" referred to well, *adding* value to what already exists, not rehashing current offers and artificially limiting them. But then again, I don't think like a marketing person. If you want a funny look at a not-so-funny and grim possible future scenario, you might want to read this: http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/~olaf/LACNIC_XVI_Meat_and_Greed.pdf regards Carlos On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Arturo Servin <arturo.ser...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I imagine that those proposals are not from users … > > I would add "tyrannical" telcos cracking down on their own customers. > > -as > > On 7 Oct 2011, at 14:20, Claudio Lapidus wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Martin Millnert <milln...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've seen tyrannical governments use Bluecoat's to crack down on their >>> own population(*). >>> Was this the sort of use-case you were looking for? :) >>> >> Ummm, not really... :) >> >> Actually, we've been faced with proposals to build services based on traffic >> classification, like e.g. "access our own webmail and all social networking >> sites, but not skype and video" or the capability to do exact metering based >> on net traffic time or volume, as well as being able to redirect the >> customer to various captive portals using HTTP redirect directly from the >> DPI box, and such. > > -- -- ========================= Carlos M. Martinez-Cagnazzo http://www.labs.lacnic.net =========================
