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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to sporkme
Re: Caps and pay-by-byte is just around the corner I can see what you are saying however there are two things here.
1) My particular product line is what pretty much built the internet today. My "three whole connections"  (Pretty standard redundant connection these days there bud.. ) I pay for the amount of data I transport. My customers are putting their websites on the internet.. they're not running a television network over it.
2) DirecTV is not a "web provider".. they are a TV distributor that wants to move from the direct to home model (ie: satellite beamed) to selling their content over another provider's line.
In my opinion, that's where the difference is.
I'm all for the internet evolving, however, I'm also in belief that the mass majority of home users want to use residential type use.. they don't want to run their televisions over the internet. I don't think the internet is anywhere near ready to handle everything that's being thrown at it - but in time it will.
I personally don't care to see my use deteriorate because some shmow wants to save a nickel (so they think) by getting something over the internet.
Some people think that because it's E-based that it will be cheaper - that's far from true in the long run. Eventually, and very quickly, the cost will go from BnM businesses to the internet. This move on the part of people like DirecTV will only make the internet more expensive for the masses, or, simply limit what people will be able to do with it void of paying expensive overages.
I'd rather let the internet evolve at a pace it can handle rather than going to the phone bill model of a base rate and then per minute charges for long distance. I like having one flat bill for reasonable use. There is this small group of so-called internet pioneer warriors that think they are going to gain a victory for the masses when all they are doing is messing things up for the majority.
Those people should be proud of themselves.. and then tarred and feathered.
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 sporkmedrop the crantini and move it, sisterPremium,MVM
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| said by fiberguy:I can see what you are saying however there are two things here. 1) My particular product line is what pretty much built the internet today. My "three whole connections" (Pretty standard redundant connection these days there bud.. ) I pay for the amount of data I transport. My customers are putting their websites on the internet.. they're not running a television network over it. So you both pay, you both serve content, but somehow DTV is getting a "free ride" and you are not. ???? | |
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