Comments on: Lots of Outrage on the Fiber Outage http://talkingtech.net/2007/10/14/lots-of-outrage-on-the-fiber-outage/ life and technology on the north coast of california Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Fred Mangels http://talkingtech.net/2007/10/14/lots-of-outrage-on-the-fiber-outage/#comment-29029 Fred Mangels Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:08:03 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/2007/10/14/lots-of-outrage-on-the-fiber-outage/#comment-29029 Seems to me the 101netlink folks might consider some kind of emergency account deal. Maybe a small fee of a dollar, or thereabouts, just to have an emergency account with them that wouldn't allow use of the network unless there's an outage. Then, if an outage occurs and you need to actually connect to the service, they could charge $10 to $20, depending on how long you're connected to them. I know I wouldn't have minded paying $10 to connect when we had the last disruption. I don't really know how such things work but seems to me that getting a dollar from thousands of people that aren't hooked up to you could really add up. I know my cellphone plan is called the "Safety Plan". $10.00 a month for ten free minutes. It's meant for people that just want the cellphone for emergencies. I rarely use my cellphone, but U.S. Cellular still gets $10.00 a month. Aside from some small administrative costs (billing, etc) I imagine U.S. Cellular really cleans house with people like me. Seems to me the 101netlink folks might consider some kind of emergency account deal. Maybe a small fee of a dollar, or thereabouts, just to have an emergency account with them that wouldn’t allow use of the network unless there’s an outage. Then, if an outage occurs and you need to actually connect to the service, they could charge $10 to $20, depending on how long you’re connected to them. I know I wouldn’t have minded paying $10 to connect when we had the last disruption.

I don’t really know how such things work but seems to me that getting a dollar from thousands of people that aren’t hooked up to you could really add up.

I know my cellphone plan is called the “Safety Plan”. $10.00 a month for ten free minutes. It’s meant for people that just want the cellphone for emergencies.

I rarely use my cellphone, but U.S. Cellular still gets $10.00 a month. Aside from some small administrative costs (billing, etc) I imagine U.S. Cellular really cleans house with people like me.

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