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BitTorrent CEO On Net Neutrality
angry tapir writes "According to BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker, the Internet industry has to regulate itself by responding to consumer demands in the wake of the recent US federal court ruling that the Federal Communications Commission didn't have authority to enforce its net neutrality rules."
"If Internet service were properly metered like electricity is,"
Part of the problem is idiots like you who think bandwidth is like electricity. It isn't. Bandwidth is a static quantity, but a momentary measurement of how much data can be transmitted; whether your network is running at 10AM or 10PM, you have exactly the same bandwidth.
It cannot, unlike electricity, be "stored up" for later use, and "conserving" it only helps if you are actually at risk of saturating (read: using every bit) and having programs still requesting more.
"Metering" electricity makes some sense, given a finite generating capacity combined with storage options that allow for the electric company to "save" unused capacity for times when more is needed than they can generate. But there is no use in "metering" bandwidth, because it cannot be stored. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to rip people off.
ok...
haha, you fucking dork. what level is your wizard up to?!? bahahaha
Unfortunately, we are stuck with the exact same situation you describe...we just moved into a new apartment building, and everything is almost perfect...except Internet. We have a choice between Comcast Cable, or the local DSL provider. Since my fiancee is a 3rd grade teacher and does a TON of work from home, and I do a lot of online gaming, a DSL line just wouldn't cut it...so, we're stuck with Comcast.
Which blows. Really bad.
So, because you suck at figuring out where you want to live, it's now the job of the government to hold your limp, worthless dick and ensure your abode actually meets your needs?