| Electricity is a two way street If I generate power (solar) and use less than I generate the power company pays me. So if I upload more than I download does not mean TW is going to pay me? |
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Hingham, MA | That's not how bandwidth works- analogies can only take you so far. |
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| Actually that's how it works between the big providers. If I'm generating more outgoing traffic to your network than receiving from you, you pay.
In case of approximately symmetric traffic the peer exchange usually doesn't go the metered route. |
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