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Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow?

Posted by timothy on from the because-of-slate dept.

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."

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  1. I think we all know the answer... by Xtense · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...because you touch yourself at night!

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  2. Re:Yeah! by bwalling · · Score: -1, Troll

    People who expect to get what was advertised to them and what they paid for are nothing but dirty rotten thieves, stealing from the pockets of poor, disadvantaged company directors the world over!

    Interesting that you use the phrase "what they paid for" in defending people who are illegally downloading large volumes of copyrighted material.

  3. Re:OT: Article submitter links to fascist rhetoric by Latinhypercube · · Score: -1, Troll

    The republicans also search out retards to breed for their special caste of dynastic leadership retards.

  4. Re:Not so slow by arminw · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...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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