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Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow?
Anti-Globalism writes "The major ISPs all tell a similar story: A mere 5 percent of their customers are using around 50 percent of the bandwidth, sometimes more, during peak hours. While these 'power users' are sharing three-gig movies and playing online games, poor granny is twiddling her thumbs waiting for Ancestry.com to load."
...ISP execs like the simplistic idea that they need to be punitive....
Why should it be considered punitive for Internet utilities (ISPs) to charge more for more service? If you want more kilowatt hours of electricity you pay for them. If you want more water, you pay for it. If you want more megabytes, you pay for them. Now what is wrong with that?
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