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Anyone remember posting to USENET with 'rn' and you'd get a stern lecture that your post would "cost the network hundreds or thousands of dollars" are you sure you want to do this (Y/N).

I would gladly pay per gig at that rate, and then some.

If you want to pay for the infrastructure and fixed costs too, go right ahead.

Remembering, of course, that it's typically 95/5 billing. So only near-peak traffic matters, but it matters a lot.

So Comcast's 250gb limit costs them $2.50?

I doubt it. This is just the cost of transmitting data from say Netflix to Comcast.

Don't forget costs such as network infrastructure, staff, etc etc.

To take an anology from the pharmaceuticals industy, the second GB costs one cent, the first one is a fair bit more expensive.