On 1/17/06, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
Seems to me like they're just trying to offer an additional service (faster, more reliable) on top of the ones they already offer. I don't see the big deal.
Anthony
The way these businesses work things, the slippery slope argument is *very* applicable. Even if they charge for traffic, and they merely impose extra charges on all new services and speeds, eventually you will have no choice but to pay, because bandwidth requirements go ever up- analogously, if someone offered you a totally free 512 bps Internet connection, would you take it? What if "paying for premium connections" had gotten started when 512 bps were the norm for home users?
~Maru