Comments on: Laying to Rest the 'Bandwidth Bogeyman' http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/04/29/laying-to-rest-the-bandwidth-bogeyman/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:31:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: leftionthenews http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/04/29/laying-to-rest-the-bandwidth-bogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-3775 leftionthenews Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:25:41 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=8438#comment-3775 Sorry, I think you're off-base on this. It's self-evident that more traffic on the Internet is an issue. Spam, for example, is the direct cause of ISPs needing to greatly expand the available storage space, which isn't cost-free, obviously. Bandwidth likewise. The more traffic is flowing, the more routers are needed, etc. The fact that one company chooses to not charge fees means nothing. That's like saying if one airline decides to gain a competitive advantage by cutting its fares, the other airlines are overcharging. Maybe they are, or maybe if they all cut their fares they'll all go bankrupt since the fares no longer cover their costs. Sorry, I think you're off-base on this. It's self-evident that more traffic on the Internet is an issue. Spam, for example, is the direct cause of ISPs needing to greatly expand the available storage space, which isn't cost-free, obviously. Bandwidth likewise. The more traffic is flowing, the more routers are needed, etc.

The fact that one company chooses to not charge fees means nothing. That's like saying if one airline decides to gain a competitive advantage by cutting its fares, the other airlines are overcharging. Maybe they are, or maybe if they all cut their fares they'll all go bankrupt since the fares no longer cover their costs.

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