Why Metered Broadband Slows Internet Innovation

WHY METERED BROADBAND SLOWS INTERNET INNOVATION
[SOURCE: techdirt]
[Commentary] If you look at history of innovative services, you'll see they tend to move more and more towards flat rate offerings, as it encourages usage and encourages innovation. Phone service and mobile phone service have both trended in exactly this direction -- and in both cases it's because it's opened up a much larger overall market, even if it means less per customer. So, why are we suddenly trying to go the other way with broadband?
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