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Old 01-31-2011, 10:59 PM   #313
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Originally Posted by photon View Post
Exempted might be too much, what's to stop the competitors from using so much that it affects Shaw's customers, forcing Shaw to upgrade, basically subsidizing the competition.

Just make it cost + some some reasonable amount. Then the competitors can't take advantage, and Shaw has to compete up front, and it doesn't matter which get the clients both result in network growth to meet the capacity.
Off-peak bandwidth has no marginal cost to Shaw, so allowing them to charge for it gives them a competitive advantage.
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