sounds like a nice socialist republic over there :-) On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Travis Johnson via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > My housing community (about 300 houses) uses a community water system. > It's a flat rate, no meter system. Some people abuse it (running sprinklers > and hoses continually), while others are probably seldom home and use very > little. It all averages out over time. > > Travis > > On 12/10/2014 2:09 PM, Wireless Admin via Af wrote: > > Most everyone here has been in this business long enough to see the > pattern of bandwidth consumption. It seems obvious to me that consumers as > well as product developers can easily consume as much internet as you can > provide. Why not? As long as developers can make money and consumers are > having fun this cycle will continue forever. Introduce a cost factor and > the process will regulate it’s self. Imagine a municipal water system with > no usage fee. Developers would create, among other things, hydroelectric > generators for your faucet. Attach these devices, turn the water on full > blast, and power you’re appliances at the water utilities expense. Water > consumption would go thru the roof and you could fire the power company. > How is that different than having your ISP deliver Video content so you can > fire your Cable or Satellite Company. > > > > Steve B. > > > -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
