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Re: An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial
From: Taran Rampersad <cnd () knowprose com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:25:54 -0400
Rod Beck wrote:
Concur. However, comma, if governments are charging taxes (such as the EU) it leads to the question of what people pay taxes *for* - and paying more taxes because they use the internet more would mean those that use more would pay more in usage fees and pay more in taxes - which runs completely against the stacks of documents written about equality on the internet. Not taking a side on that, but it is an interesting point to chew on - realistically, a balance would have to be struck.Ironically, the Net Neutrality debate is about the access providers trying to impose usage-based pricing through the backdor - on the content providers. It goes without saying I oppose it. It's the end users who decide what they view and hence ultimately generate the traffic flows. So the end users should be subject to the usage-based pricing.
And, as an aside, the Network Neutrality issue affects the globe and is only being debated in one country.
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