[22060] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More Sidgemore on per-bit pricing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Sat Dec 5 15:18:50 1998
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 14:01:52 -0600
From: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net>
To: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>, Pete Kruckenberg <pete@kruckenberg.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199812051938.AA11862@world.std.com>; from Barry Shein on Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 02:38:57PM -0500
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.
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