Comments on: How Tariff Rebate Passthrough would work http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/ Technology ... politics ... marketing ... strategy ... life Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:11:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Curt Monash http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-9089 Curt Monash Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:37:10 +0000 http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-9089 Andy, So we have to PAY to receive advertising? That could screw up the advertising-supported business model. Which in turn could screw up the availability of things that we DO want. I think publishers should have the option of paying for delivery, as they do now. CAM Andy,

So we have to PAY to receive advertising?

That could screw up the advertising-supported business model.

Which in turn could screw up the availability of things that we DO want.

I think publishers should have the option of paying for delivery, as they do now.

CAM

]]> By: Andy Rondeau http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-9065 Andy Rondeau Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:22:34 +0000 http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-9065 This proposal is waaaay too confusing and complicated. Why not price the internet like electricity? Charge everyone a minor (about $5 / month) connection fee, and then charge a flat rate per gigabyte downloaded. Heavy bandwidth users will end up footing the bill for their usage, and market forces will push ISPs to continually lower their price per gigabyte. This will also mitigate problems with uncapped cable modems, as customers who abuse it will end up paying large usage fees. In addition, light internet users might be tempted to connect to broadband as their total bill could be something like $10 a month. This proposal is waaaay too confusing and complicated. Why not price the internet like electricity? Charge everyone a minor (about $5 / month) connection fee, and then charge a flat rate per gigabyte downloaded. Heavy bandwidth users will end up footing the bill for their usage, and market forces will push ISPs to continually lower their price per gigabyte. This will also mitigate problems with uncapped cable modems, as customers who abuse it will end up paying large usage fees. In addition, light internet users might be tempted to connect to broadband as their total bill could be something like $10 a month.

]]> By: Stuart Venters http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-8964 Stuart Venters Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:01:57 +0000 http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-8964 How would this tarrif be applied in the case where the connection between the information provider and consumer traverses multiple service providers? (As in the provider's ISP, a transit network, and the consumer's ISP.) How would this tarrif be applied in the case where the connection between the information provider and consumer traverses multiple service providers? (As in the provider’s ISP, a transit network, and the consumer’s ISP.)

]]> By: The Monash Report»Blog Archive » The two Internets, Jeffersonet and Edisonet, and why they need to be regulated differently http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-8360 The Monash Report»Blog Archive » The two Internets, Jeffersonet and Edisonet, and why they need to be regulated differently Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:24:27 +0000 http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-8360 [...] If it were not for Edisonet, extreme net neutrality would be fairly harmless. If it were not for the huge public benefits of Jeffersonet, letting the telecom carriers have their way on non-neutral pricing wouldn’t be so bad. But given the presence of both, a middle course is needed. Fortunately, one is available that gives appropriate treatment to Jeffersonet and Edisonet alike, without giving tasks to regulatory agencies that are much different from the kinds they actually do a pretty good job of performing already. Tariff Rebate Passthrough shows the way. [...] [...] If it were not for Edisonet, extreme net neutrality would be fairly harmless. If it were not for the huge public benefits of Jeffersonet, letting the telecom carriers have their way on non-neutral pricing wouldn’t be so bad. But given the presence of both, a middle course is needed. Fortunately, one is available that gives appropriate treatment to Jeffersonet and Edisonet alike, without giving tasks to regulatory agencies that are much different from the kinds they actually do a pretty good job of performing already. Tariff Rebate Passthrough shows the way. [...]

]]> By: The Monash Report»Blog Archive » Simple legislative language for Tariff Rebate Passthrough http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-969 The Monash Report»Blog Archive » Simple legislative language for Tariff Rebate Passthrough Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:19:06 +0000 http://www.monashreport.com/2006/06/26/how-tariff-rebate-passthrough-would-work/#comment-969 [...] One of the best features of Tariff Rebate Passthrough is that, even with pricing flexibility, it can be implemented using simple legislative language. There only have to be three stipulations: [...] [...] One of the best features of Tariff Rebate Passthrough is that, even with pricing flexibility, it can be implemented using simple legislative language. There only have to be three stipulations: [...]

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