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Charging by the byte to curb Internet traffic
NY Times: Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic. Excerpt:
Some people use the Internet simply to check e-mail and look up phone numbers. Others are online all day, downloading big video and music files.
For years, both kinds of Web surfers have paid the same price for access. But now three of the country’s largest Internet service providers are threatening to clamp down on their most active subscribers by placing monthly limits on their online activity. ...
What an absolutely atrocious idea, to penalize the most creative, connected, productive people in the nation.
June 14, 2008 at 09:20 PM in New approaches | Permalink
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I'd wager that the heaviest bandwidth users are NOT on average the most creative, connected, or productive people by any stretch - unless sharing files, watching junkie movies and TV shows on hulu.net or Apple TV, or downloading hours of porn is "creative" or "productive" in senses of the words that I'm not aware of. Metered service doesn't penalize anyone, it just charges them for what they use. Maybe if the bills were higher they'd have incentive to go out and do something genuinely creative or productive, instead of crying on the internet about how the world is coming to an end because no one wants to pay for their free ride.
Posted by: Marty | Jul 5, 2008 5:54:38 PM
