{"id":1967,"date":"2016-04-09T08:20:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T13:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/news\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2016-04-09T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T13:23:00","slug":"the-man-is-getting-traction-its-thirty-three-times-as-expensive-now-to-run-your-own-servers-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/news\/2016\/the-man-is-getting-traction-its-thirty-three-times-as-expensive-now-to-run-your-own-servers-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man is getting traction: it’s THIRTY THREE times as expensive now to run your own servers from home"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have ONE option for high-speed residential service, Time Warner.<\/p>\n

It’s $78\u00a0for 300Mbps, which is good. \u00a0But stick to consumption-only, you sad lonely couch potato.<\/p>\n

If you want a static IP so you can actually PARTICIPATE in the internet, you’ll have to pay for “Business Class”, which is $129 for 15 up 2 down Mbps. \u00a0Yes, THIRTY THREE POINT OH EIGHT times more expensive.<\/p>\n

(300Mbps \/ $78) \/ (15Mbps \/ $129) = 33.08<\/code><\/p>\n

Here’s the email I sent back to the sales rep (who was a total sweetheart, by the way – she was not the problem):<\/p>\n

Thank you so much Kathleen for setting this up.\u00a0 I realize this is a full service contract, but as I mentioned on the phone, all I need in addition to my great residential service is a single static IP address.\u00a0 I just can’t justify the cost.\u00a0 I can set up a server with a static IP on Amazon’s AWS for one hundredth the cost.\u00a0 Do you see the price structure changing any time soon?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I blame you the voter, for voting for ass-kissing politicians, who allow companies like Time Warner to pass their own legislation crushing community broadband effort. \u00a0P0wn3d! \u00a0\ud83d\ude1b<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have ONE option for high-speed residential service, Time Warner. It’s $78\u00a0for 300Mbps, which is good. \u00a0But stick to consumption-only, you sad lonely couch potato. If you want a static IP so you can actually PARTICIPATE in the internet, you’ll have to pay for “Business Class”, which is $129 for 15 up 2 down Mbps. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[125,224,225],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chatter","tag-broadband","tag-rant","tag-time-warner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t