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Just as the roads are...
a means for everybody to move physical goods, so
the Internet is the means to move information,
that is non-material goods. Therefore the Internet
should be financed the same way as the roads are.
We have some toll roads, but they are not very
popular. Most roads and the Interstate Highway
system have been built and are being maintained
by the public. Just as heavy vehicles pay more for
use of the roads, so too why not charge more to
those that transmit heavy amounts of information?
Just as someone who drives 35,000 miles a year
pays more in road tax through fuel purchase, than
someone who only drive 10,000 miles, why not
charge more to those who slurp up lots of video
and other data over their Internet connection than
those who only send some email and read the
news?

In other words, both those who ship information
and those who receive those shipments should
pay, just as it is the case with physical goods. Is
that so hard to figure out?
Posted by: arminw   Posted on: 06/05/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Are not profits used for re-investment within the company?  HypnoToad | 04/18/08
Where Do You Think the $19B Came From?  panzrwagn | 04/21/08
No  JonA_z | 06/05/08
RE: AT  mottomike7@... | 04/18/08
IPv6 to the Rescue?  panzrwagn | 04/21/08
IPv6 has more overhead ...  lucho_monge@... | 06/05/08
IPV6 is not relevant to the conversation  dfreeman@... | 06/05/08
compression  becabill@... | 08/08/09
RE: AT&T to hit the brick wall by 2010  admin@... | 04/19/08
As much as we all hate government...  bjbrock | 04/19/08
Just as the roads are...  arminw | 06/05/08
Well, the highways are not a good example  markdean | 06/05/08
So Many Errors Here I Don't Know Where to Start  panzrwagn | 04/21/08
Hmmm....  EdSF | 04/22/08
RE: Hmmm  kody390 | 04/24/08
Time to Discuss Ownership  tmd3020 | 04/19/08
Yeah right  LordLiverpool | 04/19/08
Who should "own"  Takalok | 04/20/08
It's a matter of trust  panzrwagn | 04/21/08
Please, help yourself and take an elementary econ class  gtg781w | 06/05/08
Oh Blah Blah Blah - Old News - Tell it to Global Crossing  Takalok | 04/20/08
Ooops, back from the dead  Takalok | 04/20/08
I smell tiered offerings here......  purchman | 04/20/08
Any FUD to sieze control of the Internet is good for NSAT  Mr. Roboto | 04/20/08
RE: ATT  admin@... | 04/21/08
AT&T is most of the Internet  panzrwagn | 04/21/08
AT&T owns all of the lines  tosh382 | 05/08/08
This is actually part of the problem  markdean | 06/05/08
Government agencies are to inept to run the internet  brittonv | 06/05/08
Correct...  JCitizen | 06/05/08
RE: AT  JoeRJr | 04/21/08
Hard to believe  magallanes | 04/21/08
Pulses of DC  BALTHOR | 04/21/08
What Do You Think a Digital Binary 1 is?  panzrwagn | 04/21/08
If you pulse DC  gtg781w | 06/05/08
And Kellogg's charges you for every cornflake  panzrwagn | 04/21/08
total BS  ILikeInfo | 04/21/08
RE: AT Loves Corporate Welfare  DanMorin | 04/22/08
Lack of competition  terry flores | 04/22/08
But then what is the solution?  markdean | 06/05/08
RE: AT  s0121@... | 04/22/08
RE: AT  tmoobic@... | 04/22/08
RE: AT  a.prasad | 04/23/08
Someone can't do math  SimpleMath | 04/23/08
These upgrades were already paid for in the 90's  karl@... | 04/23/08
AT&T revenue shopping  drichards1953 | 06/05/08
RE: AT  BaltimoreBarry | 04/23/08
Net faces overload  AnnDroid1 | 04/24/08
RE: AT  justgold79@... | 04/25/08
While all content should be treated equal, its the amount of the content.  usc1801 | 04/25/08
Time Travel  geneonlbk | 05/08/08
You assume too much...  dominigan | 06/05/08
RE: AT  Wags is Watching | 04/25/08
RE: AT  DoveDrama | 04/27/08
RE: AT  DoveDrama | 04/27/08
RE: AT  acacioppo | 04/27/08
CREATING MONOPOLY  srirammig112@... | 05/08/08
There is concern, but Cicconi is exaggerating  robkraft@... | 05/08/08
Maybe, using today's technology  mndudek | 05/08/08
The future: More beautiful than I dared imagine.  I_am_windex007@... | 05/08/08
The future: More beautiful than I dared imagine.  joeroni@... | 05/08/08
Very insightful!  dominigan | 06/05/08
The future: More beautiful than I dared imagine.  EricMJones | 06/05/08
RE: You know nothing about competition  DanMorin | 06/03/08
You know nothing about competition.  wmlundine | 06/05/08
Watson Five Computers  TomMariner | 06/05/08
RE: AT  lowgrave | 06/05/08
That is just it!...  JCitizen | 06/05/08
RE: AT  markdean | 06/05/08
RE:AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010  phatkat | 06/05/08
RE: AT  jlafitte | 06/05/08
LOL!  bearlyworking | 06/05/08
IPV6?  tomford@... | 06/05/08
RE: AT  knot_mine | 06/05/08
RE: Repealed the Law of Supply/Demand??  buckminster@... | 06/05/08
Road/Highway analogy..  DavidIMcIntosh | 06/05/08
RE: AT  becabill@... | 08/08/09
practical limits  becabill@... | 08/08/09
thruput  becabill@... | 08/08/09
internet  becabill@... | 08/08/09
RE: AT  becabill@... | 08/08/09
RE: AT  becabill@... | 08/08/09
RE: AT  becabill@... | 08/08/09

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