----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 11:20 PM Subject: Re: corporations
> Erik Reuter wrote: > > >On > > > > > >This is a GOOD thing. Bandwidth costs money to provide, and is a limited > >resource. It makes perfect sense to charge based on how much bandwidth > >is used, that is how a free market works. If you try to suppress the > >law of supply and demand, you get shortages and outages, much like what > >happened with power in California. > > > >This essay is misguided, and the comparison to the airwaves is false > >(cables and routers cost money to install and maintain, unlike > >"airwaves" which could be used in peer-to-peer fashion without any > >expense by a 3rd party). > > > What about cable TV? They don't charge by how much of a couch potato > you are. > > I'm not trying to be a wise guy, just wondering what the difference is. > > Doug The easy answer is that the signal is broadcast to your house whether you are watching or not. A lot of traffic goes on a broadband connection, but only when used. For a while, they use to charge for more than 1 TV, but the real reason for that was enhanced revenue, not the need to put in better connections for the folks with 5 TVs. Indeed, my broadband internet is spliced in with the same cable as my cable TVs now. Dan M. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
