mgcarley
Founder, Hayai Broadband
Because there are people like me who'd greatly underutilize a flat-rate plan for the most part of a year. But I'd also like to know that I have unlimited data if I ever need it suddenly.
We can theoretically change plans at an hours notice, but if you have a sudden need for extra bandwidth, you have the option of either changing plans or upping your billing cap.
What I meant was basically a flat-rate plan but you don't pay the full amount unless you conusme data worth atleast as much as the cost of the plan.
That's pretty much what these new data-plans would be like already. If you have a sudden need for 500+GB of data then that probably exceeds what might be deemed as appropriate for the lowest flat-rate plan, so if such a need does arise then one way or the other you'll be committing to relatively similar bill sizes anyway.
Unless you're counting on the fact that some people will underutilize their connection and end up paying more that they've cost you, so on average including "abusers" you're still profitable.
Yes and no. We do expect that until our bandwidth prices come down to a certain level that at least the lower flat-rate plans will only break-even or perhaps even be somewhat unprofitable (but this does give us the excuse to buy more and more bandwidth so that we would only be paying a fraction of what our existing rates are - the more we commit to, the cheaper it becomes).
This would simply be an additional option if they want a connection where they can keep downloading past the maximum bill cap.
As mentioned, the bill cap can be adjusted or the plan changed online, which should come in to effect within a matter of an hour or so.
We can theoretically change plans at an hours notice, but if you have a sudden need for extra bandwidth, you have the option of either changing plans or upping your billing cap.
What I meant was basically a flat-rate plan but you don't pay the full amount unless you conusme data worth atleast as much as the cost of the plan.
That's pretty much what these new data-plans would be like already. If you have a sudden need for 500+GB of data then that probably exceeds what might be deemed as appropriate for the lowest flat-rate plan, so if such a need does arise then one way or the other you'll be committing to relatively similar bill sizes anyway.
Unless you're counting on the fact that some people will underutilize their connection and end up paying more that they've cost you, so on average including "abusers" you're still profitable.
Yes and no. We do expect that until our bandwidth prices come down to a certain level that at least the lower flat-rate plans will only break-even or perhaps even be somewhat unprofitable (but this does give us the excuse to buy more and more bandwidth so that we would only be paying a fraction of what our existing rates are - the more we commit to, the cheaper it becomes).
This would simply be an additional option if they want a connection where they can keep downloading past the maximum bill cap.
As mentioned, the bill cap can be adjusted or the plan changed online, which should come in to effect within a matter of an hour or so.
