I don't think it's stupid. With a 56k modem you don't have any MB included at all, and you pay for traffic. Yes, you also pay when you install Windows Updates, McAfee updates or whatever. But if I were a "non-techie", I'd still prefer ADSL 150/50 instead of a 56k modem - because it's faster! *duh*
ok, for the speed: it's 3 times faster .. (ow..is that slow -,)) but is it really cheaper?
let's calculate a little bit:
20MB costs the user at least 10.- per month (that he has to switch his telephone to sunrise is another thing).
a 56k modem reaches about 7kb/sec. so 20Mb takes about 48 Minutes to download. 1 hour by phone costs something CHF 2.80. i know, its a little bit comparing apples with pears... but at the end: - the user can download faster (ok, it takes hime 16 minutes...) - pays around 10x more ...
the user should enjoy a good coffee during that download - which he can of course afford because he saved some money ;-)
Why does everything need to do Swisscom-bashing as a principle?
it'snot swisscom bashing (ok, maybe a little bit): but the pricing we have to pay to swisscom is far away from good and bad. it seems that they took a pricelist from 1998 or so for this service... pfft...
-steven