[RTC List] [Fwd: Re: Your Future Broadband Will Cost More, for Less]

[Patrick Moon]

JBilderback wrote:
...
> OTOH ... the serious bandwith hogs (file sharing, etc)
> shouldn't go unnoticed. Users going beyond a reasonably generous
> limit should pay more for the bandwidth they're using.
>
...

Lets start with where I agree... I totally agree that no one should go 
beyond a "reasonably generous limit".  Now I define that as  somewhere 
beyond what they said they would deliver to me.  I think it's 
"reasonably generous" of me NOT to use that  bandwidth at the full 
capacity 24/7.  I think it's UNREASONABLE of them to tell me I have X 
bandwidth for Y dollars and then say I shouldn't be using X (in the case 
of comcast  they don't even have a way for you to check how much you've 
used...).  This isn't water rights people.  This is bandwidth and they 
should have allocated enough of it to keep their contractual 
negotiations, in other words they shouldn't OVERSELL.

But none of this is the real issue.  This is about managed content.  
It's about putting you back into *their* silos.  Look to 
Hulu,Skype,Youtube, NetFlix "on demand" and the like; if you want to 
know what this is really about.  Don't fall for this line.


Cheers,
Patrick Moon