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In article <36e36027.39055325@news.ncal.verio.com>,
Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US wrote:

> p.s.  The song being sung by the "heavy-duty players in the provider world"
> in really no different today from last year, the year before, etc., and in
> my opinion is mostly wishful thinking and/or trial balloons.

But up to now, it was not a real issue. Relatively slow connections
provided a natural data flow limitation. With more and more customers
demanding megabit speeds, the possibility for massive throughput is
exponentially higher.

To wit: for years it has been common for companies to connect to a
provider via T1, but only pay 56K rates based upon actual data volume
transmitted. The T1 provided burst speed, but the agreement was that the
sum total of data would not exceed that which could fit in a 56K pipe. If
the company went over that amount, it got surcharged for the extra
effective bandwidth.

Now that consumer connections approach (and in some cases exceed) the
speed of that T1, those same arrangements will of necessity find their way
down to the consumer level. Else what would stop anyone from putting a
nice Sparc10 at home and serving a mondo website? 

Are consumers going to want bandwidth charges, or would they prefer
restrictions on types of equipment to be served by the connection?
"Neither" is not a workable answer.

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