Their justification is that 5% of users account for 50% of network traffic. Sounds like I am one of the culprits, but I have business class service, so I'm already getting shafted by them.
The irony, of course, is that the networks are rolling out next-gen 10 Gb fiber connections all over the country, so there is plenty of backbone bandwidth. The cable companies have just gotten fat, dumb and happy on broadband user subscriptions and they want to keep milking it. On Jan 17, 2008 2:03 PM, Vivec wrote: > The US is moving backward in internet usage. In Europe 15MB/s > connections seem to be becoming the norm in places such as Belgium, > and it's filtering quickly throughout developed europe. > High speed internet on phones is common. > > In the US the broadband penetration just isn't there, and the > companies are now taking steps to limit the 'next gen' uses of the > internet in that country. > Is that really necessary? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251225 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
