And yet if my ISP started enforcing caps and charging overages, I would almost certainly cancel my cable TV services with them. If the cost for me to access the internet increases, either through overage charges or a monthly increase to raise my cap to a reasonable level, the money will need to come from somewhere. For me the internet takes priority over TV.
It's probably not hiring "quirky" individuals that leads to a successful company. Companies that hire regardless of quirks, however, allow themselves a candidate pool that is larger and have a better chance of finding a truly great employee, regardless of quirks.
The "bandwidth caps and UBB are good because they protect low-use users from slow speeds when high-use users use more than their fair share" argument is false.
My connection is advertised as 1.875 MB/s with a 100 GB monthly cap. If I download 200 GB at ~0.8 MB/s over a month I would not reduce other users speeds as much as if I only download 50 GB but do so at my maximum speed of 1.875 MB/s. That is about 1 MB/s that other users cannot use if I stay within my cap as opposed to violating it.
Obviously there is the case where users will download huge amounts at the highest speed they can achieve for long periods, but capping the volume is not the solution. If the network cannot support x users at 1.875 MB/s, do not sell x users a connection that can get to 1.875 MB/s. I would be far happier with a 0.5 MB/s connection and no cap than what is currently offered as it would actually be based on the limitation of the technology rather than an arbitrary volume that my ISP has chosen for reasons that have nothing to do with improving service to other users.
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And yet if my ISP started enforcing caps and charging overages, I would almost certainly cancel my cable TV services with them. If the cost for me to access the internet increases, either through overage charges or a monthly increase to raise my cap to a reasonable level, the money will need to come from somewhere. For me the internet takes priority over TV.
It's probably not hiring "quirky" individuals that leads to a successful company. Companies that hire regardless of quirks, however, allow themselves a candidate pool that is larger and have a better chance of finding a truly great employee, regardless of quirks.
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The "bandwidth caps and UBB are good because they protect low-use users from slow speeds when high-use users use more than their fair share" argument is false. My connection is advertised as 1.875 MB/s with a 100 GB monthly cap. If I download 200 GB at ~0.8 MB/s over a month I would not reduce other users speeds as much as if I only download 50 GB but do so at my maximum speed of 1.875 MB/s. That is about 1 MB/s that other users cannot use if I stay within my cap as opposed to violating it. Obviously there is the case where users will download huge amounts at the highest speed they can achieve for long periods, but capping the volume is not the solution. If the network cannot support x users at 1.875 MB/s, do not sell x users a connection that can get to 1.875 MB/s. I would be far happier with a 0.5 MB/s connection and no cap than what is currently offered as it would actually be based on the limitation of the technology rather than an arbitrary volume that my ISP has chosen for reasons that have nothing to do with improving service to other users.
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