http://www.thelampnyc.org/2010/02/18/is-broadband-internet-access-a-public-utility/ Learning About Multimedia Project Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thelampnyc.org/2010/02/18/is-broadband-internet-access-a-public-utility/comment-page-1/#comment-20969 Louis Romero Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:50:25 +0000 http://www.thelampnyc.org/?p=1198#comment-20969 This way, those who use very little can pay very little and still have access to a valuable service. Those who use heavily will pay heavily and self police their usage. The internet service providers can make as much money as the bandwidth they can provide, and if I want faster bandwidth they will be happy to give it to me. If I want to throttle my own bandwidth (use a dimmer switch) I can do so. But now, the ISP is not compelled to throttle me, I am (if I wish to save money) This way, those who use very little can pay very little and still have access to a valuable service. Those who use heavily will pay heavily and self police their usage. The internet service providers can make as much money as the bandwidth they can provide, and if I want faster bandwidth they will be happy to give it to me. If I want to throttle my own bandwidth (use a dimmer switch) I can do so. But now, the ISP is not compelled to throttle me, I am (if I wish to save money)

]]> http://www.thelampnyc.org/2010/02/18/is-broadband-internet-access-a-public-utility/comment-page-1/#comment-20967 Louis Romero Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:44:38 +0000 http://www.thelampnyc.org/?p=1198#comment-20967 I think a lot of issues can be solved by treating internet service as a utility. For example, if a watt is one joule/second I would define a Romero as one kilobit/second. Now any cable modem can measure Romeros and keep a tally of how many Romero hours I've used in a month. We know the cable companies can easily query out cable modems. So at this point it's no big deal for them to query the device to determine how many KiloRomero Hours were used in a month and charge accordingly. Then they can even offer certain budget planning services for those whose KiloRomero Hour usages fluctuates throughout the year and offer flat rates to those who so choose based on their average KiloRomero Hour usage per month for the previous year. ...Imagine that. Just like an electric company. I think a lot of issues can be solved by treating internet service as a utility. For example, if a watt is one joule/second I would define a Romero as one kilobit/second. Now any cable modem can measure Romeros and keep a tally of how many Romero hours I’ve used in a month. We know the cable companies can easily query out cable modems. So at this point it’s no big deal for them to query the device to determine how many KiloRomero Hours were used in a month and charge accordingly. Then they can even offer certain budget planning services for those whose KiloRomero Hour usages fluctuates throughout the year and offer flat rates to those who so choose based on their average KiloRomero Hour usage per month for the previous year. …Imagine that. Just like an electric company.

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