Internet economics 101: "bandwidth hogs" considered harmless

It seems to me that if the internet really is becoming a utility, we should maybe not relive the past mistakes of power / water / gas / telephone companies by allowing these folks to ignore infrastructure in lieu of profit, but heck, since when was infrastructure important?

Our highways are fine, our water systems pure, and the electrical grid certainly isn’t in danger of being brought down by script kiddies on a lark…

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