On: Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy

[Scoundreller]

> What are the incentives for running a node?

It costs my ISP resources but I pay a flat rate. That would have value to me.

[eddd-ddde → Scoundreller]

Don't most ISPs have a bandwidth cap?

[xandrius → eddd-ddde]

Not in EU.

[chii → Scoundreller]

if enough customers of the ISP do this, they will no longer charge a flat rate. It's just that some people manage to consume resources that other customers don't atm.

[Scoundreller → chii]

My ISP situation is olipolistic (and perhaps a colluding duopoly once you distill it down enough).

I’m confident it’s not an efficient market and they’re charging what the market can bare, not a tight markup over their actual costs.