[10455] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: bill to insure flat rate Internet email pricing (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Manning)
Thu Feb 24 05:48:17 1994
From: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning)
To: love@essential.org (James Love)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 04:47:09 -0600 (CST)
Cc: bzs@world.std.com, welch@oar.net, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.85.9402232357.F18706-0100000@essential> from "James Love" at Feb 23, 94 11:33:57 pm
James Love
> > The point being that flat-rates do not make costs go away, they only
> > average them across everyone.
>
> Sure, who would argue with that.
Well, me. Excuse me for a moment while I put on my xenophile hat.
Thanks. Now please explain in small words, how this UScentric attempt on
flat rate pricing affects people & lists inside & outside the US? I find it
hard to fathom how we implement this idea on a global scale without
harming ourselves and irritating our global neighbors.
The one analogy that I come up with is Chile, where -every- packet into
and outof the borders is metered. If I remember correctly, the attempt
was to "average out the costs" amoung users. This had the unfortunate
side affect of stifling use and drove "average cost" through the roof.
Not much traffic from Chile these days... :-(
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Regards,
Bill Manning
