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  • From: Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] High speed internet connection for church
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:41:48 -0400

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Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Actually, my question is why should they charge more just because
> it's a business? Bandwidth is bandwidth and the bandwidth doesn't
> distinguish between being a residence or being a business. TWC is
> charging more for businesses just because they can, but that
> doesn't make it right.

I think the deal is that they charge /less/ because it is a residence.
People aren't willing to pay as much as for services a business where
the cost of the service if factored into making money. It's a common
form of price discrimination.

TaB
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