log.lowmag.net » commodity http://log.lowmag.net Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:19:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Big bandwidth charging overage now http://log.lowmag.net/overage/556/ http://log.lowmag.net/overage/556/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 13:03:46 +0000 lowmagnet http://lowmag.net/?p=556 Comcast and others plan on overage fees for using the connection you’re already paying too much for. Even as bandwidth nears commodity status, the big providers are still charging like it’s the rarest mineral on earth. Now they want to cap your monthly transfers and charge you exorbitant fees for going over. All I want is a reasonable connection that isn’t monitored or shaped or capped, etc. Is it too much to ask?

A lot of this is driven by the old telco-minded companies and entertainment-minded companies moving to block competition for their services, like miro, BitTorrent and IPTV. Remember: a natural monopoly is still a monopoly.

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