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Titan · 01-10-2011, 11:34 AM

I am finding it a bit difficult to get too worked up about this issue. I should pay for what I use. That makes sense to me. I can see people getting upset about the reversal or how it was communicated. It also seems to me that you can go gonzo for two months, take a month to watch what you downloaded, then go gonzo again. Hard to argue with that. The one thing I do agree with is it is not right we are unable to monitor our own usage. That should have come first.

Also, I assume the infrastructure was built by private companies, should they not get to determine how they get paid for it? (if the gov't originally built it and sold it to the ISPs then that seems to be the same thing) Seems pretty fair to me. If we want universal access then let the government build and run the lines and we all pay through taxes.

01-10-2011, 11:34 AM	#131
Titan First Line Centre Join Date: Dec 2006 Exp:	I am finding it a bit difficult to get too worked up about this issue. I should pay for what I use. That makes sense to me. I can see people getting upset about the reversal or how it was communicated. It also seems to me that you can go gonzo for two months, take a month to watch what you downloaded, then go gonzo again. Hard to argue with that. The one thing I do agree with is it is not right we are unable to monitor our own usage. That should have come first. Also, I assume the infrastructure was built by private companies, should they not get to determine how they get paid for it? (if the gov't originally built it and sold it to the ISPs then that seems to be the same thing) Seems pretty fair to me. If we want universal access then let the government build and run the lines and we all pay through taxes.