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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: More Sidgemore on per-bit pricing
On December 5, 1998 at 14:01 [email protected] (Karl Denninger) wrote: > On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 02:38:57PM -0500, Barry Shein wrote: > > > > One possible positive effect (for the consumer) of "per-bit" pricing > > is the opportunity to buy larger pipes but only pay for what you use. > > The other possible effect is that you buy one of these, and then someone > launches a DOS attack at you and you get the bill for it. > > The economic impact of this should not be underestimated. Per-bitrate > pricing is a problem as long as the receiver pays for the receipt of > transmissions they may not have solicited. Well, a paraphrase of the above is: We must engineer the net to keep the cost of criminal activities to a minimum so we can continue to avoid solving the underlying issue. That's not ridiculous, it may even be an unavoidable factor, but it's still somewhat sad. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | [email protected] | http://www.world.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD The World | Public Access Internet | Since 1989 *oo*
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