Could this be a plan to meter access to the Internet in a way similar to how gas and electricity is delivered?
Skydog also shows you exactly how much bandwidth is being used by what device, and even lets you meter access by device or group, so you could allocate more bandwidth to a living room TV for video streaming, for instance, or limit the access of guests to prevent them running up your monthly traffic totals.
Companies, such as Comcast and AT&T, warn if we continue "hogging" bandwidth they will be forced to not only throttle the connection but meter access to the Internet.
Similarly, experiments with paywalls and metered access models have generated welcome new income where publishers have confidence in their media brand and unique content is compelling enough a proposition to persuade people to part with money.
Publishers would share in the data supplied by consumers and be free to include any number of options — subscriptions, day passes, metered access, pay-per-article plans, multi-issue packages.
And while there are no plans for Financial Times/New York Times-style metered access (first 5/500 articles respectively, say, free), there is thinking about allowing people to read the odd Times article if their friend recommends it via Facebook, marketing to the youth demographic and all that.
Although the service is launching publicly now, it's metering access for the first month or so.
Google says that publishers have the flexibility to charge for a variety of models including, subscriptions, day passes, metered access, pay-per-article, multi-issue packages and more.
The service is also noteworthy because of the manner in which it launched, metering access only through Facebook friend connections, which gives them a viral loop and theoretically helps manage growth, though there's been so much demand for Turntable.fm, especially during peak hours, that their servers are working to catch up.
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