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by gdaustin
7/11/06 10:50:08 PM
7/11/06 11:05:17 PM
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New All the "Fast New Lanes"....
Are tollroads. The phone companies want to charge by the mbit, just like the NTTA charges by the mile. (North Texas Tollway Authority) [link|http://www.ntta.org|http://www.ntta.org]

Charge for the mbit, charge for the content. Get rich. Deprive the "neutral net" of bandwidth until noone uses it anymore. Call it the [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons|Tragedy of the Commons], tell the story, get everyone to go along with it.

Glen
Expand Edited by gdaustin July 11, 2006, 10:52:18 PM EDT
Collapse Edited by gdaustin July 11, 2006, 10:53:42 PM EDT
All the "Fast New Lanes"....
Are tollroads. The phone companies want to charge by the mbit, just like the NTTA charges by the mile. (North Texas Tollway Authority) [link|http://www.ntta.org|http://www.ntta.org]

Charge for the pipe, charge for the content. Get rich. Deprive the "neutral net" of bandwidth until noone uses it anymore. Call it the "tragedy of the commons", tell the story, get everyone to go along with it.

Glen
Expand Edited by gdaustin July 11, 2006, 11:05:17 PM EDT
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     The Future of the Internet - (Bman) - (2) - July 10, 2006, 12:35:18 PM EDT
         Did you notice who the backers were? - (hnick) - July 10, 2006, 12:47:43 PM EDT
         All the "Fast New Lanes".... - (gdaustin) - July 11, 2006, 11:05:17 PM EDT

Whatever, it runs fine for now.
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