> But you don't bear the costs associated with the increased congestion
and delays you
> impose on other users of the Internet. ... Increased congestion and
delays are externalities
> of deploying a web service. What are the other externalities? Who pays
for the externalities?
> For instance, who pays for the additional routers and DNS servers?
I think your model of the network is too simplistic.
If A hosts a very popular service and B uses it and C's "quality of
service" goes down, you are assuming that A is responsible and is somehow
getting a free ride by others paying for externalities. But why isn't B
responsible, since it is using the service? And if B and C have the same
provider, then perhaps the provider, D, needs to increase capacity or
lower B's usage through technology (CDN's) or economics (bandwidth caps)
or other means.
/r$
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STSM, WebSphere Appliance Architect
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