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I disagree completely. It's just like real estate: since I only use about 50% of the floor space in my apartment at any given time, I roll over my unused square
by AretNCarlsen 15y ago
I disagree completely. It's just like real estate: since I only use about 50% of the floor space in my apartment at any given time, I roll over my unused square footage and only pay rent every other month.
- seanp2k 15y agoTangible vs. intangible, service vs. product, bandwidth is immediately available again as soon as you're done with it, etc.
- MatthewB 15y agoThe difference is when you don't use your bandwidth, the company benefits, but when you don't use your square footage, a company doesn't gain anything.
- vladd 15y agoThe ISP company only benefits if their pipe is saturated 100% at that moment. If they had spare capacity at that point in time, it's of no use to them and they can't carry it over.
- achompas 15y agoNot sure if this is tongue-in-cheek, but: your house does not increase in size by 50% for every month you have that unused floor space.