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Re: More Sidgemore on per-bit pricing
- From: Barry Shein
- Date: Sat Dec 05 15:41:38 1998
On December 5, 1998 at 14:01 karl@denninger.net (Karl Denninger) wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 02:38:57PM -0500, Barry Shein wrote:
> >
> > One possible positive effect (for the consumer) of "per-bit" pricing
> > is the opportunity to buy larger pipes but only pay for what you use.
>
> The other possible effect is that you buy one of these, and then someone
> launches a DOS attack at you and you get the bill for it.
>
> The economic impact of this should not be underestimated. Per-bitrate
> pricing is a problem as long as the receiver pays for the receipt of
> transmissions they may not have solicited.
Well, a paraphrase of the above is: We must engineer the net to keep
the cost of criminal activities to a minimum so we can continue to
avoid solving the underlying issue.
That's not ridiculous, it may even be an unavoidable factor, but it's
still somewhat sad.
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-Barry Shein
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