[lotuseclat79]

An ISP that knows nothing of "data hogs".

Pop quiz—which US Internet service provider made the following statement about a network upgrade?

During the construction of this network we have given a lot of thought... to the business model in the US, and how we could do things in a different and more interesting way. The natural model when you have a simple duopoly capturing the majority of the market is segmentation: maximize ARPU [average revenue per user] by artificially limiting service in order to drive additional monthly spending. But fundamentally this is the wrong model for a service provider like us, and we have looked to Europe for inspiration. The model pioneered by Iliad under the Free brand is a better fit, both for us and for our customers.

As the marginal cost of providing more bandwidth or less, and providing POTS voice or not are both minimal, we have adopted a simple flat rate model instead of the more typical US model of "$5 more goes faster"... I believe that removing the artificial limits on speed, and including home phone with the product are both very exciting.

Related article: Canada avoids broadband duopolies, keeps line-sharing alive.

-- Tom

[JohnWill]

Time will tell if they actually are able to support that "unlimited" model.

[Squashman]

I just wish AT&T would die and Verizon would step in where I live. I guess I will just have to move to Conshohocken!

[JohnWill]

I'm looking hard at the Droid lineup, can't decide between the Droid-X or Droid-2.