Re: [Asrg] Spam Ecomomics

Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com> Fri, 31 December 2004 15:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Asrg] Spam Ecomomics
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Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org> wrote:

> It is obvious HTTP would win, and P2P would be a good rival, but
> email is not far behind. Statistics change between different service
> providers, but when you need 30% more bandwidth because of spam,
> it's still a cost.
>
> Thing is, who makes money from these 30% being provided? Answer is,
> everyone but the lowest in the chain of consumers.

Only if the costs are passed on down.  If they can't be (which seems
to be the case now) then whoever eats them loses.  That's more likely
to be the ISPs.

Seth

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