Sad thing is that a 1Mbps (lets just assume 1Mbps total) connection can do over 300GB/month... and that's assuming just one way traffic.
This has been manufactured to do 2 things: 1. Generate revenue (duh) by either charging for overages, or by having people 'fear' the cap, and move to a higher tier. This is similar to a voice plan on a cell phone.
2. End of the all you can eat methodology of bandwidth - all must suffer. These companies don't want you to replace their TV service with an online competitor. -- Canada = Hollywood North
This has been manufactured to do 2 things: 1. Generate revenue (duh) by either charging for overages, or by having people 'fear' the cap, and move to a higher tier. This is similar to a voice plan on a cell phone.
2. End of the all you can eat methodology of bandwidth - all must suffer. These companies don't want you to replace their TV service with an online competitor.
They're guilty on BOTH counts. -- "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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