Because DSL service isn't shared? Why do you think it's cheaper than regular leased lines? Because it uses ATM or FR cloud services that are shared. And anyway, the whole Internet transit connection of the ISP is shared also...
The whole ISP model is based on the fact that you don't use all the bandwidth you could. And different ISPs with different targets and different prices have different average utilization objectives. If everybody starts using a lot more than was originally planned, costs go up, but not revenue. Not good. That's the whole reason behind more or less restrictive AUPs: Consumer-oriented AUPs try to limit to one PC; business-oriented AUPs try to limit to a single company (you're not allowed to resell); transit AUPs don't limit you. Check out the difference in the cost per "nominal" Mbps in all three cases, you'll see it matches the difference in the expected average utilization (overbooking in the first case will be in the 1:25 to 1:100 range, in the second case in the 1:5 to 1:20 range, and in the last case close to 1:1). Those are the facts of life: someone has to pay for that huge thing called the Internet, fiberglass doesn't spontaneously grow along the roads or under the oceans... Jacques. At 21:18 27/06/2002, David Rosenstrauch wrote: >Actually, cable bandwidth is shared, right? So cable really doesn't fit >that analogy. > >And I think that's exactly the reason why TWC is so concerned about all >this: they're worried that customers who share bandwidth will slow down >all the other customers on the line. > > >As to DSL companies who would try to enforce this too, seems to me like >that would just be plain greed on their part: some mis-guided thinking >that they're "entitled" to more revenue from you if you actually try to >take advantage of the amount of bandwidth that you are actually paying >them for. > > >DR > > >At 01:51 PM 6/27/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>Quite honestly, the most non lawyer description of this whole problem >>that would make it rest is that this is parrallel to them saying you can >>not invite anyone (or more than x people) over to your place to watch >>your cable television ... does it not? >> >>I find it to be the same thing, because you yourself are paying X per >>month for fixed bandwidth that you should be allowed to do whatever you >>please with. This is the same with a cellphone, if you get 1500 mins a >>month and three friends use 100 mins on the same phone, why is there no >>redistribution problem, im paying and using the minutes how I want and >>with who I want, so I really think bandwidth distribution should be the same. >> >>- Jon > > >-- >NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ >Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ >Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
