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by nitrogen 4289 days ago
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.

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