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The government fought hard to keep internet unlimited to encourage growth. Do you think that is no longer a noble goal?
by doki_pen 11y ago
The government fought hard to keep internet unlimited to encourage growth. Do you think that is no longer a noble goal?
- ryandvm 11y agoI have never thought that setting up false billing infinities that are easily exploitable was ever a good idea. People that think bandwidth is free are operating under a ludicrous interpretation of the facts. Ever increasing bandwidth requires constant capital expenditure to upgrade the infrastructure. The bandwidth fairies do not show up at night to sprinkle pixie dust on your cable modem. If someone thinks it does not, I invite them to dust off their 56K modem and connect to the infrastructure of yesteryear. Now, I am all for cheap internet and requiring unbundled access and creating an environment that encourages competition. But to advocate "unlimited" plans that then require all kinds of loopholes for dealing with people actually taking advantage of the impossible, well, that's just wasting everyone's time and money.