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In article <MPG.114ca9502d8f0ea9896c5@news3.newscene.com>,
hurnik@albany.net (Kevin Hurni) wrote:

> Ha!  You should see what our local Road Runner "Acceptable User Policy" 
> is trying to pull off.  Probably not as bad as TCI, but it looks as if 
> the cable modem "industry" is starting to become Big Brother.

I have been talking to some heavy-duty players in the provider world and
it is generally agreed that in the dedicated-connection arena, we are
headed for data-quantity pricing. With high-speed connections becoming the
norm, the "natural bandwidth limitations" are disappearing, and providers
are going to have to ultimately ration the amount of data that passes
through their limited facilities.

One would be to simply restrict flow, but that would result in much of the
chatter we see here about "slow connections" on high-speed lines. Another,
waiting in the wings, is the "per-megabyte" charge for in-bound,
out-bound, or both. Rather than have the provider become Big Brother and
dictate the types of equipment and services allowed on customers' sites,
they would simply have the users pay for data excesses. If someone began
streaming audio or video from a server, he would start paying for the
privilege.

Let the pooh-poohing begin, but mark my words, it is coming.

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