Re: opt-out registry comments

Colin Alston <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.operators.ioz
Message-ID <CAFd3NNfD+nzO_Cf5WHnSnKRnkOOQB-ON2W6CVcq5+HQmeW1f4Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Graham Leggett <[email protected]> wrote:

> Then that's broken by definition.
>
>
But your argument is as well. Just because additional costs are unknown
doesn't invalidate the argument for bandwidth costs. The figures aren't
represented as anything more than bandwidth cost, and the model is simple -
average ingres spam per user * estimated users in SA * median size per
message * median cost. Do you have a flaw in that to point out, or are you
asking for a broader model which is actually impossible to structure
accurately given the massive variance in the value of individual peoples
time?

It's a simple concept, if a man walks up to you in the street and asks for a
fiver and then tries to sell you something that you don't want, you'll punch
him in the face and demand your fiver back. In any other medium than email
advertising subsidises cost to the target for whatever they're really doing
(reading the newspaper, watching a movie, etc). If the cost to the people
being targeted for advertising is >0 then there is a problem.

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