(Fwd) Re:Open Media?

[sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org]

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Subject:        	Re: [TLUG]: Open Media?
Date sent:      	Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:02:06 -0500

On 20 Nov 2010 at 3:12, Jason Carson wrote:

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> ...Then the CRTC rules that ISP`s can charge per byte...
> 
> http://www.cbc.ca/smartshift/2010/10/crtc-green-lights-usage-based-internet-billing.html
> 

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> But that aside I still don`t want to have to pay by the byte. I run my own
> email server and personal web page on my DSL connection and although I
> don`t have a large amount of traffic to the site or a large volume of
> email. The little traffic I do get would now cost me money.
> 

Would this mean that an ISP can charge both the website owner and the 
client for the same traffic being transported across its routers?

Paul
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