Re: An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial

[Taran Rampersad <cnd () knowprose com>]

Rod Beck wrote:
> 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.
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.

And, as an aside, the Network Neutrality issue affects the globe and is 
only being debated in one country.

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