5 Dec
1998
5 Dec
'98
3:01 p.m.
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. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) http://www.mcs.net/~karl I ain't even *authorized* to speak for anyone other than myself, so give up now on trying to associate my words with any particular organization.