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Originally Posted by _wtf_
Isn't it amazing how we all have electricity and gas in our homes judging by how much people seem to think bandwidth costs we should not be able to afford them at all! I mean after all electricity has to be made then distributed gas has to be collected then distributed yet bandwidth just needs the distribution system which also does not need the safety measures gas or electricity require. Yep, I fail to see how we can afford such items.
BTW, rent a server for anything from £25 and you get that very expensive bandwidth for free!
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Feel free to write to your ISP recommending they follow the example of gas and electricity and go with a fully metered system of usage.
While you're at it have a chat with them and ask them about their costs then talk to the gas and electricity distributors and ask them theirs, and while you're at it check out how much you are paying each per month and look at the profits each is making.
You could move to a data centre rather than expecting an operator to build network out to you then let you use it for virtually free. Those server hosting companies didn't have to spend hundreds of pounds per hosted customer digging trenches, building cabinets, etc. Total invalid comparison, about as relevant as expecting it to cost the same to plug an appliance directly into a power station compared with a plug a few hundred miles of pylon mounted cable, substations and underground feeds away.