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David Hakala wrote:

> -- [ From: David Hakala * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
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> > From: Edwin Culp               \ Internet:    (eculp@webwizard.org.mx)
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> > If we want government intervention/regulation, why not enforce a proxy
> > hierarchy on all web traffic?
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> I've made it clear that I *don't* want government regulation - only the
> threat of it. :-)

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> A mandatory proxy hierarchy would impose huge costs on people who are not
> creating bloated Web sites. ISPs and end-users would pay the price, and
> Webslingers would still have no incentive to hold down the size of their
> files.

No way.  We all pay for bandwidth.  Bandwidth reduction is a savings for
everyone.  (You can even use the proxies to refuse pages that are larger
than a standard.  There is a java proxy that you can run locally that will
remove, choose or even compress the images on a page.)

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> > It would make it impossible to count accesses, click through, etc.
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> Which would kill the advertising goose, currently the Web's primary source
> of income. What then?

Advertisers will be forced to be creative and break paradigms and more
important
for most of us is that all the advertising will be interactive and offer a
service
that we will have the option to accept.  We will be invisible until WE want
to make contact and use the service.  (A lot less annoying banner ads:-)
This to me is a win/win situation and will speed up positive internet
evolution.
As I said before, many of us are sick of "refried" marketing and publicity
products from other media's.

ed


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