Maybe a solution is on the way. Time Warner is testing a scheme in which customers would be billed on the bandwith they use, rather than a flat fee. See http://tinyurl.com/2bo5av
Seems reasonable to me. Choppy At 04:06 PM 1/16/2008, Mat Branyon wrote: >Who is out to get who? I think the big motivator for these companies >would be to conserve bandwidth. Its a known fact that they oversell >their bandwidth (everyone shares the same pipe, no guarantee of the >speed you are paying for). So when it gets popular to share large >files, people might start noticing that they never get anything close >to the service they are paying for. > >What they need to do instead of blocking things people want, is fork >up the infrastructure to support what people want. > >People want more bandwidth. > >If scientists can send dvds of data in seconds, why can't I stream dvd >quality video? _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
