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Tragedy of the Commons. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons ) If enough people use the int
by sukuriant 13y ago
Tragedy of the Commons. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons )
If enough people use the internet like he was, then we have a problem and can't sustain it. For most people at this exact and present time, < 50Tb/m is "functionally unlimited".
- npsimons 13y agoThis isn't tragedy of the commons; it's false advertising. No one should be advertising unlimited Internet, as there is no such thing, never has been, and probably never will be. But bandwidth providers want to suck people in and claim they have to offer unlimited Internet to compete.
- sukuriant 13y agoContext of the argument. "post_break" was complaining that people like this were the reason that unlimited internet was going away. "jpdoctor" asked why, postulating that it's because someone actually believed them, to which I responded that people abusing the commons (the common pool of bandwidth) is why offering unlimited may go away. And you certainly can deliver "unlimited internet" where unlimited = max_speed_per_second * 60 * 60 * 24 * 31 + 1 Because that is "unlimited" relative the max throughput.