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Pay for What You Get

By Gary Beach
November 11, 2009 10:40 AM ET

CIO - One summer as a college student, I worked reading meters for a local natural gas utility. That company's business model was straightforward: The more natural gas a customer used each month, the more the utility company got paid.

Fast forward 40 years: Natural gas, electric and water companies still charge by usage. Soon, I believe, so will cloud computing companies.

What's one utility that basically ignores usage-based pricing?

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