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I do though -- it costs money to produce electricity. So if more electricity is used overall my costs ultimately go up to accommodate. Perhaps fuel prices incre
by beowulfey 5y ago
I do though -- it costs money to produce electricity. So if more electricity is used overall my costs ultimately go up to accommodate. Perhaps fuel prices increase, or to offset the cost of additional power plants to support the higher demand, or any number of other reasons. Paying by your usage does offset this but it doesn't help if the total amount of demand increases.
It also costs more money to support higher bandwidth of network travel. But unlike with electricity, there is no cost (to network providers) to generate the data, since the data is usually paid for by the source. This means the average consumer doesn't get any of the benefit of the increased pricing -- it has not changed how the internet providers charge to consumers at all, only how they charge content makers. And customers who like the content get increased costs on top of that.
Therefore, I don't see any benefit by removing net neutrality -- it can only hurt consumers. If it only benefits network providers, why should I support it?