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by zmgsabst 1522 days ago
That’s not similar to ISP throttling because you’re paying for the scale but a flat fee for any use of that same scale.

The toll road doesn’t forbid trucks or cars painted red just because traffic on the toll road is heavy. Paying for the size of your vehicle isn’t like throttling; it’s like paying different amounts for different bandwidths.

It’d only be similar to throttling if the toll roads charged different amounts based on the contents of the vehicles.