 n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| Regulate The Meters If these ISP's want to meter Internet delivery then regulations should be put in place that subject the "meter" to the same controls as electric meters, gasoline pumps and scales at stores. The local government bureau that is responsible in a given area for making sure electric meters and other measuring devices are correct, and who seals and certifies the various measuring devices, should be the ones who monitor the ISP for fairness. Otherwise, you can pretty much guarantee that ISP "meter" will have a tendency to high-ball your usage in order to push you into the overage column. That level of detailed regulation on Verizon and the cable companies might be enough to dissuade them.
Personally I would not trust the ISP, whose interest in seeing me go over caps, to meter my usage.
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