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minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoInfrastructure costs. Their costs don’t change with how much data you use, they change with how much data they can throughput
minus-squareOhmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThat simply isn’t true, the costs are small and arguably negligible but they do have increased costs on more data usage.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoLike coffee. It might cost them 1¢ a pot… It might cost them $1200 up front and $60 a month for their coffee makers
minus-squareOhmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoNot like coffee. Your average person simply can’t consume coffee beyond the average at any meaningful rate. We both know that internet usage can go from close to nothing to 100TB of data depending on the user. Internet isn’t like coffee, it’s not that simple.
ISPs have real costs too
Infrastructure costs. Their costs don’t change with how much data you use, they change with how much data they can throughput
That simply isn’t true, the costs are small and arguably negligible but they do have increased costs on more data usage.
Like coffee. It might cost them 1¢ a pot… It might cost them $1200 up front and $60 a month for their coffee makers
Not like coffee. Your average person simply can’t consume coffee beyond the average at any meaningful rate. We both know that internet usage can go from close to nothing to 100TB of data depending on the user.
Internet isn’t like coffee, it’s not that simple.