On Jan 19, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Taran Rampersad wrote:
Rod Beck wrote:
Ironically, the Net Neutrality debate is about the access providers
trying to impose usage-based pricing through the backdor - on the
content providers. It goes without saying I oppose it. It's the end
users who decide what they view and hence ultimately generate the
traffic flows. So the end users should be subject to the usage-
based pricing.
Concur. However, comma, if governments are charging taxes (such as
the EU) it leads to the question of what people pay taxes *for* -
and paying more taxes because they use the internet more would mean
those that use more would pay more in usage fees and pay more in
taxes - which runs completely against the stacks of documents
written about equality on the internet. Not taking a side on that,
but it is an interesting point to chew on - realistically, a balance
would have to be struck.
Where are the "stacks of documents written about equality on the
internet" that say "customers who use more should pay the same as
customers who use less"? I am not taking a position on NN here, but I
don't believe either side of the debate has said anything remotely to
that effect.
If one side has, they are being quite silly.
Oh, and where do I plug my 10GE port in for $39.99/month?
And, as an aside, the Network Neutrality issue affects the globe and
is only being debated in one country.
Perhaps you should change that? :)
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TTFN,
patrick
