Comment: Re:Would have happened anyway. (Score 3, Interesting) 268
1. Not always true, depends on your provider. Having had various consumer and business packages in the past, most ISPs only push you to a business package if you:
a. Want a static IP
b. Want to run any kind of server
2. In the age of 20mbps consumer connections there is no need for someone who just needs legitimate heavier usage of the connection to not use it. I transfer 100's of gigs a month to and from datacenters around the country for my job. Granted I can get my company to help subsidize that but if I found out my ISP was throttling me I would more than likely take my business elsewhere. I would rather have my company pay for an expensive business package with another provider than give more money to a provider that actively wants to screw me over.
Contractors have an even bigger problem as they don't get their connections subsidized (trust me the tax refund isn't much).
So far my ISP has been pretty good, I called about bandwidth issues once or twice and when asked if I was downloading movies I explained to them what I do. When the rep realizes your just another guy trying to do his job you get all sorts of help.
