🚀 go-pugleaf

abuse@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) writes:

> 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.

	Foo. I'm having X.25 flashbacks.

	Anyone here remember the "kilosegment" charges? Which were
a pain to keep track of sometimes, because the echo was provided by
the nearest switch in some cases, as opposed to remote hosts. Which
in turn made some full screen editors (like EDT) unbearable to use.

	Anyways, if this metering start, It Will Suck. PSI used
to tout the flat-fee, no per-packet charges as a Good Thing.

-jav