Assertion 191: The current mode of flat-rate pricing for wired and wireless data communications discourages space-efficient software, encourages unlimited consumption, and is unsustainable. Rising capital and operating expenses to keep pace with increasing demand will force carrier pricing upward. Simultaneously, customers will tire of subsidizing peak users, pressuring prices downward. A pay-per-use model can address both issues.
Executive Report
Rational Economic Behavior and the Internet: Why You Want to Pay Per Packet
Posted April 30, 2010 | Leadership |
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Lou Mazzucchelli is a Fellow of Cutter Consortium and a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP open consulting network. He provides advisory services to technology and media companies. He will lend his broad expertise (and considerable wit) to Cutter Summit 2022 as its Moderator. Recently, Mr. Mazzucchelli was the coordinator of Bryant University’s Entrepreneurship Program, where he retooled and taught senior-level entrepreneurship courses. He… Read More
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