dock98 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Get Ready for a Crackdown on Broadband UseAs traffic increases, experts say ISPs may start charging by the gigabyte, limiting use of some services and snooping at the data passing through their networks.Tom Spring, PC WorldThursday, February 14, 2008 10:00 PM PSTConsumers using an expanding array of broadband services, including movie downloads, video games, online backup, and streaming audio and video, are flooding the nation's broadband pipes with data--and it could cost them.Consumer advocates say that it's only a matter of time before average high-speed Internet users get slapped with the label "hog."Craig Aaron, spokesperson for SavetheInternet.com, worries that Internet users may soon be charged extra for using "too much" bandwidth or cut off from using some bandwidth-hungry software applications.Bandwidth demands in the United States have been doubling each year for some time, according to Tom Donnelly, cofounder of Sandvine, a network management firm. As this trend continues, Donnelly says, it puts pressure on ISPs and on applications such as file-sharing software and streaming multimedia content, giving ISPs an incentive to clamp down on heavy bandwidth users.full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 bad news my friends, if this thing started, we are all doomed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 No need to worry there would be a program to bypass or something someone out there will make :frusty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 bad news my friends, if this thing started, we are all doomedi think that dsl and adsl will be unaffected .cable companies are affected because everyone uses the same cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 bad news my friends, if this thing started, we are all doomedi think that dsl and adsl will be unaffected .cable companies are affected because everyone uses the same cable.can you say at&t? they own most dsl users nownothing about pirated stuff. this is about force selling online phone service and movie servies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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