[DM-MUG] downloadable movies : impact on ISPs

[jim lagnese]

But what's the upload speed? Last I remember, Mediacom was 256k up...Even
896K is dog. I agree with Dave though, and another thing in other countries
is that they are taxed a lot more for just about everything and I bet there
is a healthy tax on the internet usage.


On 9/8/06 8:15 AM, "Jerry Heiselman" <jweida at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've seen the ads for Mediacom offering up to 10 mbs.  I imagine a lot
> of ISPs will start offering higher download speeds.  I've also heard
> talk of some ISPs considering going back to a pay-for-bandwidth model
> for people who put high demands on the system.
> 
> I know that I've seen tools out there to watch and report on an ISPs
> top bandwidth consumers, so it could be just a matter of time before
> they start automating mailings to go out to those users that say that
> they have gone over the normal allowed usage and will be switched to a
> pay-for-bandwidth package.
> 
> In one respect I can see how that would be a nuisance to someone who
> only would do it occasionally to download a movie, but I definitely
> understand the ISPs point of view in needing to maintain these
> networks with high capacity demands.
> 
> --
> Jerry
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