[nitrogen]

What's with this "I don't want to help anybody but myself" attitude I see come up whenever there's a discussion of taxes, welfare, or bandwidth pricing?

If you want a cheaper slow lane, it sounds like you are expecting the Netflix users to subsidize you.

[IBM]

Netflix users wouldn't be subsidizing him, they'd be paying more for the higher data they use.

[nitrogen]

This other comment suggests otherwise: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8344824

"I would love to have the people who are willing to pay for 1TB/m subsidize my slower tier."