If you're going to use that analogy, then admit the heaviest users of roads pay the most in tolls. In the case across most of the US, the toll is extracted via fuel taxes. More miles traveled = more fuel = more taxes = more tolls.
Ergo, bandwidth users should pay a scalable rate for usage.
Not a problem with net neutrality at all. Use more, pay more, if that's the pricing structure the ISP desires to implement.
-——————Ergo, bandwidth users should pay a scalable rate for usage.-—————
I’ve always preferred a scalable rate based on pipe size.
The way it is now is great. Your local ISP may have a 2MB, or 512k, or whatever the base line high speed pipe is. Maybe $20-40/month depending on area and other bundled features.
Their second tier may be 3mb, with the highest being as high as 10 or 20MB. 100MB. Whatever. All of our areas are different.
But if you buy the base tier, your bandwidth usage is limited naturally by the size of the pipe.
People willing to pay for a bigger pipe, naturally, pay a bigger price per month.
The ISPs want to institute mb/gb caps, which is clearly a nonstarter. But people who turn to marxists and say “dear marxists, please save us from the ISPs with your marxist Net Neutrality!” is only going to........ When was the last time you looked at pictures from Tienanmen square?