Big ISPs already have a method to apply bandwidth caps on individual users. Comcast comes to mind. So their routers ARE in fact keeping tabs on millions of IPs. So substitute caps with UDP throttling and there ya go... the gaming/voip armageddon is averted.
Just like myxiplx said. Its not a controversy.
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Big ISPs already have a method to apply bandwidth caps on individual users. Comcast comes to mind. So their routers ARE in fact keeping tabs on millions of IPs. So substitute caps with UDP throttling and there ya go... the gaming/voip armageddon is averted. Just like myxiplx said. Its not a controversy.