zilozi t1_iucs1h9 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:23 AM

Reply to comment by tatanka01 in U.S. tech giants face pressure from Europe’s telcos to pay for building the internet by thinkB4WeSpeak

Yeah definitely a Super un-popular opinion. We can't really advance as a species with metered connections. Metered connections are also very punishing for poor families and large families.

Winners_History t1_iudp89q wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:31 PM

If we "can't advance as a species" without paying for what we use, I'd like to hear your definition of "advance".

IolausTelcontar t1_iuejdlx wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:54 PM

Bits are not used or used up. They aren’t a finite resource to be rationed.

Winners_History t1_iues3eb wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:51 PM

Oh? Then I can just run out and pick some off a bush, right? I don't "need" infrastructure to move them around?

Government price-controls invariably lead to one thing - scarcity of the product in question.

IolausTelcontar t1_iueu3li wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:04 PM

Infrastructure is the only thing needed. There is no finite resource to consume. Stop being obtuse.

xbabyjesus t1_iui7b4p wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:02 PM

Network infrastructure is the finite resource. There’s a limit to how much data you can transmit over a network.