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P2P Bandwidth Hogging the Net
zymano writes "zdnet has this article about bandwidth hogging p2p." I'm sure we'll see more rate limiting in the future and per-gig charges. The article says 60% of ISPs bandwidth is P2P, and that seems high to me, but not unrealistic. Besides, since most broadband is pretty seriously hamstringed in the upstream department, I'm not sure where they can go with this.
Plus the fact that 60-80% of p2p bandwidth is pr0n. I would not be suprised if to 80% of *ALL* net traffic (web, usenet, p2p, email, etc.) is pr0n or pr0n related.
Or I could spell shit right and people will actually read it...
Personally I signed up for a service advertised as always on, unmetered, 512/256 internet access. Obviously I expect to get that BUT if they got their assumptions or sums wrong and find they can't afford to provide that at the price then of course they have every right to tell me they can no longer provide that service, with respect to periods not yet paid for.
However, re your statement:
Actually, you're in the minority of broadband customers. More than 80% want fast web pages and quick email.
Do you have any stats to back that up? On the face of it it sounds extremely unlikely, at least if you're talking about consumer service, but I'd be interested to see the evidence.
Even on slashdor I can't imagine that many home users drooling at the thought of fast email downloads.