SuperWISP
join:2007-04-17
Laramie, WY
1 edit | It's good to see some innovation and experimentation. Clearly, there has to be some limit on the amount of bandwidth a consumer can use. Bandwidth costs money -- often a lot of money, especially in rural areas. And since the Internet is a shared medium, there will never be enough to allow anyone to consume an infinite amount.
We can therefore expect to see a lot of experimentation with bandwidth metering, shaping, throttling, and capping. Some of the innovations will be technical; some economic; some in marketing. And you can expect some of the earliest experiments to be hamhanded and klutzy. That's the nature of experimentation. But eventually, the industry will converge on a few schemes that are palatable to consumers and fair to providers. It's good to see that this process is now underway. |
