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Originally Posted by _Richard_
ever download a video game via steam? potentially want to use netflix?
with the 'growth of bandwidth usage', how important do you think this is going to be 5-10 years from now?
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It's going to be really important. Problem is, the infrastructure isn't in a place at the moment where we can have a set price. It's finite, and if they have to charge more to support the need of some people to download everything on the internet every fucking second of the day, then so be it. I'm not worried about it, because I don't use that much. Why should I worry about someone who uses 10 times more bandwidth than me? Let them pay for it.
I don't pay a high set-price electric bill because the Walmart uses 1000 times more electricity than me -- they pay what they use, and I pay what I use. This concept is escaping all of the folks that think everything should be low-cost/free, regardless of how much they consume. I don't know where this mindset has come from actually, its a new thing that's come up with the current generation of kids that think they're entitled to everything for nothing.
Sounds like a "get off my lawn" speech, but it's true. Tell people they can't download music for free, then they're oppressed by the man. Tell people they have to pay more for the internet they use, then they're oppressed.
I don't want to be on the side of a big corporation, but as a businessman myself, I would be pissed if someone was sucking up more of my services and paying the same price as low-level consumers.