Read this story here: http://biz.yahoo.com/nytimes/080614/1194785259060.html?.v=3

Then... Question the validity of the issue from a business perspective... I'll wait.

Ok. You're done reading?
No?

Damn it. Ok, I'll just tell you. There's supposedly rumour going around that we may have to pay service fees for internet not unlike the way we already do for hydro, water or more on point, cell phone usage (from a data consumption perspective).
Well... Maybe not for me... I live in Canada and I use Rogers... But we just copy everything the states does anyway, so it's all the same.

Anyway, I think there's a point there. We DO consumer bandwidth at different rates, and I HAVE suffered from lag in times when some kid down the street is running 34 servers (unwittingly through some out-dated P2P app). So why am I paying the same data rates as them?

I'd be a liar if I said I don't consume an ENORMOUS amount of bandwidth... You know... From all the legitimate downloading that I do of 10GB sized TV shows in HD, but I would be a hypocrite if I didn't state the obvious.

I'd love for my internet to be fairly unlimited for the low low price of $40/month, but let's be realistic. Who's going to pay for my gigabit ethernet infrastructure?
That's right... It's gonna be the parents of the pirates who are paying the bills anyway :)

Night y'all