Here's what Comcast and Verizon are doing to Netflix streaming- and this is a big deal

[BlueStreak]

61. My community has an 8-bag limit

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If I wanted to put out 120 bags and your rates went up because the trash company had to bring on more trucks and drivers because of these mega users, you would be pissed. And that is about the ratio for me compared to netflix users. My 2 bags of trash to their 120 bags of trash.

If somebody were to call the police or fire department every week I think they would be hearing about it. They would probably be committed to a mental institution.

I am not subsidizing the post in any major way. If I send a package to rural Kansas, I get it delivered below cost. If I mail to downtown Cincinnati, I pay postage above the USPS' actual cost. It evens out. When my neighbors use 100 times as much bandwidth as I do, it does not even out.

I'll grant you that if a person had 100 kids, they would be getting a real subsidy in the schooling.

But this isn't about me. It is about Comcast. Their argument for non-neutrality is that some users are chewing up loads of bandwidth so Comcast needs the ability to either clamp down on that or else extract fees from Netflix. They are entitled to fair payment for their capacity. I would rather see them get this through a fair and transparent measured service rather than allowing Comcast to arbitrarily choose the winners and losers.