ISPs Aim To Cut Hidden Costs Of Net Filesharing
from the double-edged-sword dept
This is a similar story to one we had last week discussing whether or not broadband ISPs can force their customers to cut back on file-sharing. At least this article admits it's a "double-edged sword", since one of the incentives people had to sign up for broadband in the first place was so they could use file sharing applications. Besides, if they can't handle people using the broadband they're providing - why did they offer it in the first place? Isn't it misleading advertising for them to sign people up under the belief that they're getting this bandwidth to use, only to have the ISP then turn around and say, "well, we didn't realize you were actually going to use all that bandwidth".
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real cost of bandwidth
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To me "unlimitted" doesn't mean "til 6gig per month"
Truth in advertising...not bait and switch thank you very much.
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A t1 is always a t1 - period. When you lease the bandwidth of a t1 - you get it or your provider fixes it and you will get a credit for lost bandwidth. btw: t1 can be had for $399 to $499 in the NW Chicago burbs.
Talk about the ultimate file sharing!!! A cable connection can be affected by everyone on the loop and has NO FIXED SPEED - read the fine print. You can't request a refund or payment correction unless the service is DOWN for a certian amount of time. Slow speed and/or poor performance IS NOT DOWN. The best you will get is "We're sorry for any problems ..." read off of a little card by someone with (you hope) a highschool education.
Oh, regarding financial losses - every time one of the officers in a public utility gets a bonus for a "job well done" - the utility will of course lose money.
Humbug!!!
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It does seem obvious. You can't be making a profit while selling a service that is 20 times faster than dialup at only twice the price. Unless you subsidize the cost in another way.
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Also, you are unlike most cable modem customers, in that usually the others stop masturbating for 8 or so hours each night and sleep.
There you have it, the 'dirt' on 'tech'. ugh. i'm going to go wash now.
Some Guy
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