Comment Re:Brain ZAP! (Score 1) 284
Big Brother would also have to deal with citizens com
Wait... where am I? How did I get in this cell? Nevermind, you can't hear me through this gag. Damn.
Big Brother would also have to deal with citizens com
Wait... where am I? How did I get in this cell? Nevermind, you can't hear me through this gag. Damn.
That is exactly the "fast lane" concept, where you are paying Netflix to pay Comcast
No, paying the USPS *at all* to deliver to China is akin to me paying Netflix to pay Comcast. Paying the USPS *more* to deliver faster is akin to... what, exactly, in this case? There's no analogue.
Furthermore, "Postage Due" has no analogue here, and is, as I said previously, therefore irrelevant to this discussion; Comcast is delivering the packets, just more slowly, whereas USPS will simply hold a "Postage Due" package until that postage has been paid, or will return it to the sender. You also failed to point out how COD, which you mentioned previously, is relevant, most probably because you realized it's actually not.
The whole "I pay for my post office box" analogy falls apart when you realize that Comcast is actually delaying packets based on their point of origin, rather than which of their peers passed them along. The analog for that would be USPS delaying packages shipped by you, but only if you shipped them via FedEx using SmartPost (google it if you're not familiar) because, even though FedEx is paying them to carry the package for the last leg of the delivery, because you aren't also paying them. This would land the USPS in hot water, as well, which is why people seem to have a problem when Comcast does it.
UPS' service is irrelevant because it cones down to the recipient redirecting the delivery, something the sender has no control over. Keep trying to muddy the waters, though; you ought to be able to get something to stick eventually, right? And the discussion about pricing? Really? I guess, if you really want me to agree with you on something, I'll give you that; not as though I'm conceding on any point I was actually arguing, though.
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