Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> naively wrote: > > On Nov 22, 2011, at 7:38 AM, Joel Maslak wrote: > > > On Nov 22, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Ray Soucy <r...@maine.edu> wrote: > > > >> As long as a static allocation can be billed as a premium service, > >> most providers will unfortunately do it. > > > > Exactly. ISPs are in business to make as much money as they can - go > > figure. > > > > How do you make more money by refusing to meet customer requests? >
By 'encouraging' those 'high cost / low profit' customers to 'go elsewhere', and devoting the resources that they would otherwise consume to supporting 'lower-cost/ higher-profit' customers. This is 'no-brainer' free-market economics. :)
