It seems to me that if you are paying an ISP, it stands to reason that they should P.S. My idea is to have ISPs return a portion of money from their monthly bill (or subtract the amount from the next). My current formula for this amount is (downtime/total time in pay period) * payment amount. I also think ISPs should pay for the phone calls to the access number, so they'd be less apt to disconnect users.
-- nick_n_uit, Apr 19 2001

That's called a "service level agreement". You can get them. They cost a little bit more, and are generally targeted at business consumers for whom downtime is measured in money. Covad offers an SLA, or used to, as a matter of course. Baked all crispy.
-- egnor, Apr 19 2001


I want Kwest to pay me when my telephone is bonkers. And say, about that power outage...
-- Dog Ed, Apr 19 2001


(power outage? at least where I live, power is metered, with no "base" charge --- I don't get charged anything for that duration of the outage for the simple reason that I'm not consuming anything...)
-- wiml, Apr 19 2001


baked, as egnor says...but not for the little guy.

what's the dollar value of missing your daily Counterstrike (or other multiplayer game) fix?
-- sninctown, Nov 12 2005



random, halfbakery