On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 08:51, Harshwardhan Nagaonkar wrote:
Just as a sidenote though, shouldn't ISPs NOT charge for transfer size. They only pay for the bandwidth, so why should they decide how many GBs I like to use? I think its just wrong to set limits. Ofcourse, they probably do it for 2 reasons IMHO,
1. To discourage people from filesharing and the like.
2. To Make More Money (tm) :)
Despite rumors to the contrary, not all corporations take business classes from the RIAA. Some are just trying to offer a decent service, make a profit, and keep prices low for customers.
ISPs don't really buy enough upstream bandwidth for everyone to use their full link capacity non-stop. Be grateful. Your prices would skyrocket. They estimate total usage based on assumptions about individual customer usage. All the monthly transfer limit is doing is telling the customer what those assumptions are.
Ah. Now I understand better. Thank you for clearing that up.
What If I wanted to download the Debian Woody ISOs. What if I liked America's Army for Linux as well as Windows, they weigh in at about 800MB each. If I play online, I'll run up the limit too. If I listen to kbyu FM online, I'll run out again.
Then find a different ISP. Or get your own OC-3. I guarantee it will not
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I wish about these things too :)
Corey
-- Harshwardhan Nagaonkar Electrical Engineering Sysop Brigham Young University, UT-84602
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