What is the real reason for capping and traffic shaping? -

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beeker @dsl.bell.ca	What is the real reason for capping and traffic shaping? Quoted from a Bell/Sympatico notice recently posted in other forums had this info in it. As Bell/Sympatico would never release the actual numbers, Here is somewhat of an extrapolation. "Important Usage Billing Changes dated March 13, 2008" "only 5% of our base exceeds 60GB/month. In fact 82% of customers stay under 10GB /month." This leave 13% of customers using between 10 and 60GB/month. So using the above info at worst case usages: 82 x 10GB = 820GB 13 x 60GB = 780GB 820GB + 780GB = 1600GB 1600GB/95 = 16.8 GB In effect 95% of Sympatico's own user base average about 17GB a month at worst. Now lets say the other 5% use 500GB a month on average per user: 5 x 500GB = 2500GB 1600GB + 2500GB = 4100GB 4100GB/100 = 41GB so as per Bell/Sympatico's numbers: overall, I don't see a real issue here with total amounts of bandwidth used, as 41GB is not a huge amount in our present internet world.... So what is the real reason for capping and traffic shaping?
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nanook Premium,MVM join:2007-12-02 Reviews: ·Bell Sympatico ·TekSavvy DSL	said by beeker : total amounts of bandwidth used, as 41GB is not a huge amount in our present internet world.... So what is the real reason for capping and traffic shaping? Fine for the present but what is the rate of growth? If it doubles every few months then Bell and the other ISPs may simply be trying to forestall an impending bandwidth crunch that would impact everyone, including low-bandwidth users. You cannot fault them for that (although you can for the way they are going about it.)
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What is the real reason for capping and traffic shaping?