[TriLUG] OT: URGENT: H.129 to be heard in Thursday's Finance Committee!

[Chris Merrill]

On 3/14/2011 8:50 PM, Steve Pinkham wrote:
> On 03/14/2011 08:08 PM, Chris Merrill wrote:
>> On 3/14/2011 6:01 PM, Cristóbal Palmer wrote:
>> Don't get me wrong, I'm not in favor of the bill at hand. I am, however,
>> in favor of tiered pricing - as are most of the people who aren't in that
>> top 5% of bandwidth consumers.
>>
> The problem is that the top 5% today are early adopters of what 95% will
> be doing in a few years time.

Please enlighten me on why this is a problem?

In ANY endeavor, the early adopters pay a higher price.  They do so
willingly, because they have a passion for their pursuit.  Cars,
electronics, heirloom vegetables...anything.  I fail to see why the
rest of us should pay their share for this particular case.

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