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How Would You Deal With A Global Bandwidth Crisis?

lopy writes "First Google claimed the internet infrastructure won't scale to provide an acceptable user experience for online video. Then some networking experts predict that a flu pandemic would bring the internet to it's knees and lead to internet rationing. We used to think that bandwidth would always increase as needed, but what would happen if that isn't the case? How would you deal with a global bandwidth shortage? Would you be willing to voluntarily limit your internet usage if necessary? Could you live in a world without cheap and plentiful broadband internet access?"

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  1. Nope by supasam · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, I wouldn't curb my internet usage, I'm an american, damnit, I take what I want, when I want it, and how I want it, and ain't nobody stoppin me.

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    Suck a lemon?
  2. Re:"Global bandwidth crisis" is a crock by Score+Whore · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Each one with one person in it, usually a 30-something with a small dick.


    You know this fact how? Instead of working a job, so you could afford paying for the resources you consume, do you just hang out on the side of the Kennedy Expessway offering free blowjobs?