Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“I don't see it being good for Three to ditch AYCE data anywhere, as it should be able to use TrafficSense to manage things effectively.
There's no need to simply stop data being consumed, just manage it when a lot of users are consuming it. Just as any other broadband provider would/does do.
AYCE data is a selling point. It's about not having to worry about bill shock, and I bet the vast majority of people who get it aren't heavy users and might even consume amounts well within that of similarly priced tariffs elsewhere. They just don't want to have to worry about going over their allowance and being stung (and when you can be charged 10p a MB, that's going to hurt).
EE at least imposes a hard cap to stop that happening, but not all do. Indeed, even Three doesn't on the tariffs that are limited (unless you call and ask for a cap).
Ultimately, few people can tell how much data they're using or going to use, especially consistently from day to day, month to month. Go away for a weekend break and you might now use mobile data a lot more, perhaps streaming iPlayer or Netflix, thus surging your data usage - and how big is a 90 minute film anyway? Does the consumer know? Of course not, especially if there's adaptive streaming and they have a device with a nice HD screen and a good connection.”
“I don't see it being good for Three to ditch AYCE data anywhere, as it should be able to use TrafficSense to manage things effectively.
There's no need to simply stop data being consumed, just manage it when a lot of users are consuming it. Just as any other broadband provider would/does do.
AYCE data is a selling point. It's about not having to worry about bill shock, and I bet the vast majority of people who get it aren't heavy users and might even consume amounts well within that of similarly priced tariffs elsewhere. They just don't want to have to worry about going over their allowance and being stung (and when you can be charged 10p a MB, that's going to hurt).
EE at least imposes a hard cap to stop that happening, but not all do. Indeed, even Three doesn't on the tariffs that are limited (unless you call and ask for a cap).
Ultimately, few people can tell how much data they're using or going to use, especially consistently from day to day, month to month. Go away for a weekend break and you might now use mobile data a lot more, perhaps streaming iPlayer or Netflix, thus surging your data usage - and how big is a 90 minute film anyway? Does the consumer know? Of course not, especially if there's adaptive streaming and they have a device with a nice HD screen and a good connection.”
Totally agree TrafficSense can manage things. Three UK already manage it during peak times as in accordance to Three UK's Traffic Management Policy which includes optimising video streaming and throttling P2P are in operation during 3pm-midnight.
According to Netflix's Official website a hr stream of a HD movie can use anything up to 3GB.



