openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to RainWind
Re: Let's call a spade a spade here
said by RainWind  :I grew up in a very rural area where it wasn't uncommon to see Amish people. They live just fine without utilities. You're preaching to the choir...I grew up in southeast IA.said by RainWind :I do all my banking and shopping on the internet. I leave my house to go to work, to grocery shop, to take my fiancee out, and to go to the YMCA. For everything else I use the internet. All my bills are paid online. All my non-food shopping is done online. I even rent my movies online. How many of those activities require a regulated internet connection? None. Dial-up works just fine for everything you mentioned and dial-up access has survived for decades without regulation. I'm not saying the dial-up access is the answer, but I am saying the regulation isn't necessarily the answer either.said by RainWind :When someone pays for an internet connection it should be just like power and water. No filtering or fiddling with the service. Be careful what you wish for. Power and water are metered services. Personally, I believe that's a viable option to "control", not regulate, the explosion of internet use.said by RainWind : If the ISP doesn't like bittorrent traffic and heavy use then they shouldn't offer a 7meg connection. 768k is fine for most people. ... ISPs should charge more for high speed connections or introduce fast capped connections with reasonable caps tailored to casual users. Sounds good to me, but that's heresy around forums like this.said by RainWind :If heavy users are doing so much damage to their network they need to change the way they do business. I agree, and that's exactly what we're seeing. The problem is, some users aren't happy with the new business model. |
