06-20-2002, 06:40 PM
The idea of limiting bandwidth sucks. That goes without saying. The only saving grace is that most of us signed a contract for our cable modems. (I think mine was for two years, one of which has already passed.) So, until that contract runs out, there will be no change in the billing structure. However, this will change in the very near future. Why? Because they never saw the whole file-sharing thing coming. Why? Because before Napster, not very many people knew you could even do it. Shit, if it wasn't for Napsters and the like, newsgroupies and IRCers would still be going about our merry business. But, because broadband is so cheap and readily available, it is being taxed to the utmost, with no real return on investment for the Cable companies. In one of the articles in this thread it said that 1% of cable modem subscribers account for 16% of the bandwidth used. Knowing that I can easily download 4 GB in a day, when the groups are hoppin', I Know firsthand that this is true.
I sincerely hope that this "fad" of "geek chic" dies out in the next few years. Hopefully that will weed out some of the lamers that seem to be causing all of these problems in the first place.
I sincerely hope that this "fad" of "geek chic" dies out in the next few years. Hopefully that will weed out some of the lamers that seem to be causing all of these problems in the first place.