Out of curiosity, how much would you pay? Also, are you looking for super anonymity when downloading the next update to your favorite distro, or would you rather pay for tools to commit copyright infringement rather than pay for the copyrighted content outright?

I don't want to.

Discuss...

Oh my gawd...They unveiled an invisible phone too?! Truly the future is soon!

A government doesn't lift its people. It is carried upon their backs.

Wait a few more years. Fill the time by getting a life. Have a nice day.

It wasn't even an argument...I was being wholly pointless. Jeez, a new "super efficient solar cell of the month" story comes around and everyone puckers their sphincters like they're about to be exposed to the vacuum of space...

How long does it take to make a new sun? I mean...it will run out eventually...

So basically Road Runner Turbo plan holders get to zip around, while Wyle E. Coyote "Acme" plan holders slam into a firewall?

Ad revenue will not be a sustainable way for the majority of the internet to fund itself, outside of possibly video sites like Hulu. End users are already paying for those adds, the only difference is they're paying for everybody's. If you use adblock, but still pay for your internet connection, you pay for the adds the guy down the block is viewing.

We'd need to make it analogous to the phone system, with certain sites' addresses being, in effect, "1-800" numbers. Something which must be accounted for in the company's business model. The costs you're addressing wouldn't just appear, they're there already. The only difference is you would be able to see where they are coming from, and know who ultimately pays for them. I would prefer to pay for that which I actually use, rather than try to use what I'm paying for anyway.

Fine then, change the pricing model to a price/GB. Use a two tier system for amount uploaded and downloaded, and show this on the billing statement. This could also give people more of an incentive to keep their PC's secure. As all the spam bouncing around on zombie PC networks would then have an actual cost to the computer's owner other than "Windows is acting funny".

If they're charging a max of $75 for the overages, whats to stop someone from using the $29.95 plan, and maxing the fee...effectively getting an unlimited plan for $104.95 (plus obligatory taxes of course)

I've never had a problem with my local Gamestop. And frankly, I want the employees to play the games. That way if I ask their opinion, I don't get the same spiel I could read in a magazine. Of course, I haven't purchased a "New" game since Guitar Hero II came out (Used games have feelings too damn it, stop treating them as second class software titles!) I might not be as incensed as someone who can't stomach the idea of playing a game someone else spun up before.

Comedy Central seems pretty relaxed after about 1AM...Never thought I would hear so much discussion about Lisa Lampanelli's twat. And I never want to again either.

My local public broadcasting station used to carry British comedies on Saturday evenings; Black Adder, Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers, Are You being Served.

The weird thing was immediately after those shows...they'd run the Red Green Show.