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At any given moment it is finite, but it is always expandable, and not a consumable resource. Using more bandwidth helps push the expansion. If we had extremel
by WillPostForFood 12y ago
At any given moment it is finite, but it is always expandable, and not a consumable resource.
Using more bandwidth helps push the expansion. If we had extremely high rates, and low caps, you'd never get things like video services, and bandwidth providers would never have incentive to expand the network. So the more use the better.
- tedunangst 12y agoThe same could be said for electricity, no? I should leave the lights on all the time to increase energy demand so they build more wind farms and solar plants?
- WillPostForFood 12y agoOnly if you ignore the consequences of recklessly burning fossil fuels, and are 100% sure wind and solar can replace it. So, no. But to be clear, I didn't say waste bandwidth to drive growth, I said unlimited bandwidth promotes growth of services that use bandwidth.