Re: AARNet charges - IMPORTANT!!
Joshua Pitcher (jpitcher@nospam.acacia.itd.uts.edu.au)
Wed, 14 Dec 94 17:44:21 EST
> >
> > I think thats a pretty fair call, I'm quite happy to pay for a movie or to
> > see a band and I even pay for software every now and again!
>
> Yes, but are you happy topay (taking phone calls as an example)
> for when people call you or only you call them or both? You are charged
> (almost always) when you call, not when others call you (except reverse
> charges, homelink etc..). What system would you have on the internet? You
> pay all sending costs only? Well then once you have sent a packet (and it
> has been counted by AARNet) ... what if the remote side dosn't respond?
> Do you want to keep paying while your software re-tries?. What about only
> receiving data (you say), well what happens if some nasty prick sends you
> (I mean a machine ... say Dialix, which then charges it's users) a ping
> every minute of every day for the next year ... do you want to pay that charge?
> What charging scheme would you suggest??
>
I agree with what you say. If a charging scheme is to be implemented, it
should be analogous to the telephone charging system. This is what I was
thinking about when I posted the first message - if you ring someone and they
are engaged, you do not have to pay for the call. The same should exist when
charging for the net.
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