"Bandwidth hogs" join unicorns in realm of mythical creatures

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12 points·MikeCapone··4 comments

What if bandwidth just cost more on a sliding scale of current network congestion, if noone else is using the 100mb pipe shouldn't it be less of an issue if I want to sip at it than if it's completely thrashed?

I guess one problem I could see with this approach is providers have little incentive to upgrade their infrastructure, because when they do so they effectively lower the cost per mb of data flowing through their pipes,

Maybe if the base cost of traffic carriage was based on the quality of the underlying network? Even more incentive to push lower latency / bigger pipes then...

Considering the public already paid for the pipes when they were built... it's all just a corporatocracy scam and you might as well stop trying to find a technology-based solution.

This is 2009. There is zero reason for network congestion to exist. We have the technology. The reasons our networks suck is because it is in the interest of the corporate elite for them to suck. They've determined they can make more money by squeezing the public every step of the way than by allowing a quick flood of short-term-profit-destroying innovation.

I'd think about applying the equivalent to electricity off-hour rates before the equivalent to minute-by-minute adjusting smart meters.

haha unicorns are so FUNNY!!!

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