On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 01:08:05PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: > I got fiber within 50 feet of me and most of us here in Houston are > within 100yards.
You expect the photons to magically jump from the fiber to your computer, which will then magically convert it to an electronic signal? > Any evidence of that happening in this situation? The broadband ISPs aren't charging proportional to bandwidth usage yet. The article was complaining about what MIGHT happen in the future. If you meant in general, have you ever studied even basic principles of economics and free markets? Are you paying attention to what we are talking about? I get the impression not, so a few more statements like that and I will stop replying. > Why hasnt the free market brought *that* price down? Come on, do a little thinking or research occasionally before making outrageous statements. It has. > The fair price is what they contracted to pay. No, the fair price is set by the market. No broadband providers are talking about breaking a price set in a contract. The prices set forth in future contracts or agreements are what is being discussed. As for terms of service, they are in the contract. Unfortunately, these terms usually are quite prohibitive about various servers and such, because many people are short-sightedly unwilling to pay a fair price for the bandwidth they use. > > > > and you approach the point of people saturating their connection > > 24/7 (peer-to-peer programs often do this). In other words, there > > is a limited resource that needs to be divided up in some way. Price > > set by supply and demand and the free-market is the most efficient > > way to do this, as has been proven time and again. > > But again this is not supply and demand, its investor profit taking. It is. It is pretty much the definition of how a free-market economy works to develop and utilize a limited resource. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
