Net neutrality is an 'American problem'

Found on ZD Net on Saturday, 27 September 2008
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The leaders of three of Australia's largest ISP's have declared the Net neutrality debate as solely a US problem - and further, that the nation that pioneered the internet might want to study the Australian market for clues as to how to solve the dilemma.

"The [Net neutrality] problem isn't about running out of capacity. It's a business model that's about to explode due to stress. The problem, in my opinion, is the US business model," said Hackett.

American customers have never been able to put much of a dollar value on traffic, as historically, US ISPs have "had it very easy" in terms of bandwidth costs.

As said countless times before: it's only natural. People will make use of what you sell them; and if you sell them something without any limits, be prepared for customers who use it without limitations. That should be pretty obvious.