1996-08-05 - Re: fbi, crypto, and defcon

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From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
To: Arun Mehta <amehta@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-05 20:02:05 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 04:02:05 +0800

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From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 04:02:05 +0800
To: Arun Mehta <amehta@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in>
Subject: Re: fbi, crypto, and defcon
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Arun Mehta <amehta@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in> writes:

>
>True, though even better would be simply to charge you a flat
>rate. If billing is that expensive, why bother?
>

Tragedy of the Commons.

Flat rate works only if no single user can use more than
a tiny fraction of the total bandwidth.

Martin Minow
minow@apple.com

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