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>It would incentivize improving infrastructure No it wouldn't. The actual usage has a negligible impact on the expenses for infrastructure. Most people barely
by bauruine 4y ago
>It would incentivize improving infrastructure
No it wouldn't. The actual usage has a negligible impact on the expenses for infrastructure. Most people barely use any bandwidth anyway. Even on 1 Gbit/s lines the average bandwidth used is in the single digit Mbit/s. And the usage basically doesn't differ if they have a 100Mbit/s or 10Gbit/s connection. Also those countries where data caps are still a thing are generally those with the worst Internet.
- mcculley 4y agoThe usage in Switzerland, South Korea, and other developed countries is very different. They use the bandwidth available. Netflix and YouTube show us that many people want more bandwidth. There would be no data caps if paying for bandwidth consumed.
- bauruine 4y agoI work for an ISP in Switzerland. If you download a game you use 1Gbit/s+ for a few minutes instead of an hour or two. The average bandwidth used stays the same. Both don't require a lot of bandwidth and you have caches for their content. You can buy additional data if you've used your included data. That's basically the same.
- mcculley 4y agoPaying for bandwidth used is exactly what I am talking about. In less developed places, 1Gbit/s is simply unavailable and usage is capped. There is no economic incentive to build better infrastructure for applications that do require a lot of bandwidth (e.g., Netflix).