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ISPs use Wikipedia as a killer app (free access from mobile providers), so make them pay for it. Charge them for access, or demand they host an official mirror.
by peterwwillis 10y ago
ISPs use Wikipedia as a killer app (free access from mobile providers), so make them pay for it. Charge them for access, or demand they host an official mirror. In exchange you don't show begware to the ISP's customers. ISPs will end up competing to provide access, eliminating the bulk of hosting requirements.
- jmcdiesel 10y agoSo, basically, completely disregard the idea of net neutrality and the sentiment behind it?
- peterwwillis 10y agoYes. Or keep doing the same thing they're doing now and hope it gets better.
- jnicholasp 10y agoFalse dichotomy. Either/Or does not exhaust the set of plausible options.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 10y agoBut then the WMF couldn't spend all the money on projects and conferences. Just running the site is such a small fraction of the expenses of the foundation, that it would easily be financed from donations without aggressive begging banners. The banners are just there to finance that the author of the article calls "cancer".