Re: [p2pi] For those who think "User Fairness/Cost Fairness" is unacceptable...

["Robb Topolski" <robb at funchords.com>]

Henning, now THAT was excellent.  Great summation!

I'm with you up to this point:

 From an optimize-the-public-good perspective, there is an unmet need
to bandwidth that costs somewhat more than low-volume Internet and
less than a fully dedicated line.

And on that point, I only can say "I'm not sure."  There certainly is an unmet demand, but I'm not sure if it rises to the status of unmet need.  And perhaps these are Economics 101 terms that I do not fully understand.  

When I was gigging, I could spend every weekend doing birthday and anniversary parties for free. We weren't that good, but we decided to charge a small fee.  When the price of getting four performers tuxedoed across town for an hour became $50-$100, things quickly struck a happy balance.  In that case, it wasn't that there was an unmet need for barbershop quartet singers, it was more true that "free" was a very good price.

In your opinion, or perhaps in the Econ. vernacular, is that an "unmet need" or something less?   And is it important IETF business either way?

-- 
Robb Topolski (robb at funchords.com)
Hillsboro, Oregon USA
http://www.funchords.com/
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