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Comment Re:Waiving data charges is fine with net neutralit (Score 1) 134

Yeah, but nobody talking about net neutrality wants all packets to be equal. They want all destinations to be equal.

If travelling to one destination does not count against your data cap, then that destination is not on equal footing.

Subsidizing traffic doesn't violate net neutrality, because it doesn't affect the delivery of data, only the cost to the end user.

It does violate net neutrality, because it affects the cost of delivery of data to and from the end user.

What Wikipedia is doing here is a good thing by itself, but if the practice were to become commonplace, it's something that would be very bad.

Comment Re:Are they the same? (Score 1) 134

Yes it is, imagine if you had a single tank of petrol each month, and there were some stores you could drive to but it wouldn't use up any of your petrol. Even if most months you didn't use all your petrol up, you'd still prefer to visit those stores because you might need that petrol later if something comes up.

Comment Re:Contradictions (Score 1) 134

Network congestion is a pretext (a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason), the real reason for data caps is two-fold:

1. It allows ISPs to use a pricing model that takes advantage of market segmentation

2. It provides ISPs with leverage they can apply to other market entities to gain benefits, such as cash or quid pro quo (preferential treatment).

Comment Re:Abrupt, but like 100 years abrupt? (Score 2) 132

And for all those who argue we are burning too much fossil fuels, those carbon atoms weren't created into existence in the ground as they were today, unless you believe the earth is 6000 years old!

Okay, I don't think you understand the issues that climate change presents; for the Earth to sustain a healthy biosphere with 7+ billion humans we've had to develop a lot of infrastructure to make effective use of it's resources. Changes in the climate will require us to devote resources to re-configuring our infrastructure, the faster it happens, the more resources we'll need to devote, which will impact living standards. We do not know exactly how high the cost will be, but we do know that it will be cheaper if we act now.

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