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**grubnismarl** · 03-13-2010, 10:28 AM

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...-internet.html

[thumbdown] is all I have to say. Companies really love keeping people from using the internet in america.

To be honest they need to start charging a per MB tariff. If you want to use a **** load of electricity you pay more than the average customer, if you want to you use a **** load of gas you pay more than the average customer. So if you want to use a **** load of bandwidth you should also pay more than the average customer. They should also have on peak and off peak hours, do all your downloading between 12-6AM you should pay half.

And this doesn't make sense to me...

"Moving to a model like gas or water utilities could mean more conservative usage and less innovation. Now, from a bedroom, anyone can be a video or radio broadcaster."

Why should it limit innovation. It could well advance it as people go to great lengths to limit bandwidth usage. Could mean new means of compression, etc. I don't really understand why some people think that the internet ought to be a privilege they can abuse. I still remember the 400 pound phone bill when I was a kid access the BBS on my 2400 baud modem.

03-13-2010, 10:28 AM	#4
grubnismarl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 507 Senior Member	http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...-internet.html [thumbdown] is all I have to say. Companies really love keeping people from using the internet in america. To be honest they need to start charging a per MB tariff. If you want to use a ** load of electricity you pay more than the average customer, if you want to you use a load of gas you pay more than the average customer. So if you want to use a ** load of bandwidth you should also pay more than the average customer. They should also have on peak and off peak hours, do all your downloading between 12-6AM you should pay half. And this doesn't make sense to me... "Moving to a model like gas or water utilities could mean more conservative usage and less innovation. Now, from a bedroom, anyone can be a video or radio broadcaster." Why should it limit innovation. It could well advance it as people go to great lengths to limit bandwidth usage. Could mean new means of compression, etc. I don't really understand why some people think that the internet ought to be a privilege they can abuse. I still remember the 400 pound phone bill when I was a kid access the BBS on my 2400 baud modem.
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