tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post9158670195938730231..comments2024-03-17T16:17:20.145-07:00Comments on Amit's Thoughts: Verizon and an open networkAmithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-22143462334492781342010-11-03T22:49:17.813-07:002010-11-03T22:49:17.813-07:00I don't really like the electric company analo...I don't really like the electric company analogy. Yes, we pay for our electricity by the watt. The difference is that I can expect to be paying for nothing but electricity. Specifically, my own usage of electricity. Short of a neighbor with a well-hidden extension cord, you don't have to worry about someone in China stealing your electricity.<br><br>I disagree with pay-per-byte mainly for two reasons: abuse and advertising. I will not be charged per byte for the spam messages bound for my account or any other type of abuse that results in increased bandwidth usage. I will also not be charged to view advertisements. Over the course of a month, any web browsing you do carries with it a hefty percentage of traffic attributed to nothing by downloading ads. <br><br>The only reason I don't call my cell provider about every single spam sms message I receive is simply because I am not charged extra for it.AHinMainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295310526910361722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-55548791245638803922007-12-11T04:32:00.000-08:002007-12-11T04:32:00.000-08:00Hi Amit!!How are you myself also Amit, I was just ...Hi Amit!!<BR/><BR/>How are you myself also Amit, I was just exploring the net and found your blog it's quite informative and nice.<BR/><BR/>Nice combination of all factors of world.<BR/><BR/>I also own a blog and its newly launched by me. I have also given my try.<BR/><BR/>I will love to hear you on my blog<A HREF="http://amitcreativeras.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Creativ Tips By Amit</A> as well.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322661138505750591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-12223752229751505762007-12-09T08:14:00.000-08:002007-12-09T08:14:00.000-08:00ahinmaine, I think your last paragraph is interest...ahinmaine, I think your last paragraph is interesting. If people were charged for spam, they'd be much more outraged by it, and I think spam would largely be stopped. This is why telemarketers aren't calling cell phones nearly as often as they call landline phones — because you have to pay when a telemarketer calls your cell phone.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand I think web browsing will largely be free in a pay-per-byte system, just as turning on a fan is largely free in the electric world. Regular web browsing, email, and IM will be an ever decreasing fraction of traffic on the internet. Videos are going to take more bandwidth than everything else. <BR/><BR/>With electricity people pay attention to heating and cooling, refrigerators, washing machines, and other big items, but they don't track the little things. On the internet if people are charged by the byte, they'll track the big items like videos, and ignore the little things like regular web pages, emails, IMs, etc. The alternative is that the ISP will track it for you <I>and shut off your account</I> if they don't like how much you're using. So I think you may prefer not to pay per byte, but the alternative is worse.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-22542320698203151172007-12-05T09:25:00.000-08:002007-12-05T09:25:00.000-08:00I don't really like the electric company analogy. ...I don't really like the electric company analogy. Yes, we pay for our electricity by the watt. The difference is that I can expect to be paying for nothing but electricity. Specifically, my own usage of electricity. Short of a neighbor with a well-hidden extension cord, you don't have to worry about someone in China stealing your electricity.<BR/><BR/>I disagree with pay-per-byte mainly for two reasons: abuse and advertising. I will not be charged per byte for the spam messages bound for my account or any other type of abuse that results in increased bandwidth usage. I will also not be charged to view advertisements. Over the course of a month, any web browsing you do carries with it a hefty percentage of traffic attributed to nothing by downloading ads. <BR/><BR/>The only reason I don't call my cell provider about every single spam sms message I receive is simply because I am not charged extra for it.AHinMainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295310526910361722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-10112002860866955742007-12-02T16:07:00.000-08:002007-12-02T16:07:00.000-08:00Interesting thoughts, as always :)Interesting thoughts, as always :)Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240491395410949533noreply@blogger.com