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Article #361Re: NEWS: Free Wi-Fi still a goer in San Fran'
From: John Higdon
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:46
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:46
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In article <819i545fe2h55o2p71gfhoul5ois99ut4l@4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote: > I seriously doubt that. The "caps" being considered are in the GIGAbyte > range of broadband, not the MEGAbyte range of dialup. Like most people > I'm not even close to that level of transfer. And if you don't need it, no one does. I understand. > I'm not sure what you mean by "things the Internet promised" -- do you? > -- but I don't see any real risk to anything other than massive > audio/video downloading, which is NOT what the Internet was built for. Could you direct me to a reference which outlines "what the Internet was built for"? I had always mistakenly assumed that it was a dumb network whose usage was limited only by the imagination of those utilizing it. > The real issue isn't "caps" -- it's the insanity of flat rate pricing, > where normal users wind up subsidizing bandwidth hogs. It's long since > time for metered usage. I respectfully disagree. -- John Higdon +1 408 ANdrews 6-4400
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X-Google-Thread: 104fd2,ba5de5a729aa12e1 X-Google-Thread: fa874,ba5de5a729aa12e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid104fd2,gidfa874,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad01!not-for-mail From: John Higdon <HisRoyalRadioHigness@kome.com> Newsgroups: alt.internet.wireless,ba.internet Subject: Re: NEWS: Free Wi-Fi still a goer in San Fran' Organization: Technological Extortion Studies References: <4gk254dckmcce9si8g1if64bmq08jm9v1p@4ax.com> <8763sdjef7.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <pcSdnUOBS_aqps7VnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@posted.southvalleyinternet> <48542aaf$0$17237$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <HisRoyalRadioHigness-6E2B47.13553714062008@news.announcetech.com> <819i545fe2h55o2p71gfhoul5ois99ut4l@4ax.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:46:05 -0700 Message-ID: <HisRoyalRadioHigness-5BE3A3.09460518062008@news.announcetech.com> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.95.192.21 X-Authenticated-User: john Lines: 26 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newshosting.com