On Sep 8, 2007, at 1:37 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
Comcast is cutting off customers who use too much bandwidth. Only,
they
won't tell you how much is too much, nor will they tell you how to
monitor
your bandwidth use.
Comcast is not alone.
Google is now doing the same thing with their video distribution
service which includes Youtube. They are not exactly using bandwidth
usage as their rationale, but instead they have seemingly instituted a
20 minute time limit for a single viewing of any video. The end result
is discrimination against a class of users, that being those with
dial-up connections. Most dial-up users are now limited to just about
2 minutes or so of video regardless of the actual running time of said
video.
Neither Google or Youtube will acknowledge this relatively new time
limit implementation, yet it does exist. They do not respond to any
queries along these lines. I presume they realize it could be a public
relations nightmare for them to confirm its existence. Of course,
Google thinks that they should be allowed to 'rule' the internet anyway
because of the scope of their influence. I am not personally aware of
any other internet site anywhere that imposes time limits on downloads.
If Google thinks such a policy is a good thing, then I view them as
being counter to all that has made the internet a fairly democratic
environment in the past.
Steve
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