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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Tom Vest wrote: Okay I concede that point; competition within markets with only metered service options can be just as or even more vigorous then competition within unmetered markets. But competition between metered and unmetered markets tends to reward the latter, and competition within mixed markets tends to reward the latter. Moreover, to whatever degree that metering reduces usage, and usage is related to innovation, the unmetered markets are likely to grow and evolve faster. If you beleive it is inevitable, why do you care what other people do in the mean time. If you are correct, they will eventually loose and go away. Let them try it and see what happens. Why pre-judge the results?
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