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> At 11:00 AM 08/24/1998 -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: > >... > >Except, John, that you ignore the fact that you have basically required > >anyone who wants to put a high-bandwidth server on your network to accept > >other people writing a blank check for them, regardless of the legitimacy > >of the hits they receive. > > Owen, > > Clarify... right now, many organizations with high-speed connections > to the Internet pay based on usage (including traffic sent). Doesn't > anyone on a usage-sensitive leased-line connection pay based on the > traffic regardless of the "legitimacy" of the hits received? Isn't > this why we all hunt down SMURFers? > > /John > > To some extent that's true. However, as a counter-point, consider such sites as sunsite, wustl, smc.vnet.net, etc. I doubt those sites would continue to exist in a solely bandwidth sensitive pay-as-you-go world. I think they count on flat rate connectivity to be able to continue to exist. I don't think the elimination of those sites (and many others like them) would benefit the net. Do you? Owen
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