[ale] OT: Craig Newmark of Craig's List on Net Neutrality

[Geoffrey]

Jim Popovitch wrote:

> If all Atlantans decided to use GoogleEarth at the same time and sap 
> available bandwidth from me, I am going to expect Comcast to increase 
> the capabilities of their network.  Who should pay for that network 
> upgrade? Me?  OK, so Comcast should pay something to upgrade their 
> network, but should they do it every time the next-big thing comes 
> around?  Comcast isn't in the business of predicting the network needs 
> 20 years from now, what do you think they will need for per-household 
> bandwith in 5, 10, 15, and 20 years?  See, it ain't easy.

Actually I suspect they are, at least they should be.  AT&T certainly 
plans/predicts long term in these ranges.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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