Re:First Blood? (Score 1)

Contrary to popular belief. Unlimited is used with very loose terms. A marketing fault no doubt but every internet account is limited somehow. I know of little access (in my area) that promotes 100% none restricted limits of bandwidth usage. Only limited by hardware alone. I'm sure the fine print of the service contract will detail the terms. The average user, one who does not need a ton off bandwidth could have a limited bandwidth "unlimited access" account. At some point there is a definitive difference between and average user and a power user. A user that surfs the web, email's, send pictures, testing new software or plays online games ,etc and a user that has a file sharing server that serves to anyone that connects to it running 24 hours a day. Maxing there usage. Not even to mention business related transfers. It is a valid point though. One who is paying for the service should be able to use it with no restrictions. The trouble is that with the easy, simplicity and growth of P2P, it becomes evident that the influx of traffic is going to put strains on other users as well. Growth is needed. Unfortunately in regards to more important services. VOIP is a major concern. As more and more people move to digital telephone services. The need to maintain reliable connections grows everyday. The more and more people that jump on the wagon then more and more forward bandwidth is needed. How would it look if a company like comcast could not maintain the reliable connections needed for "911" services. Seems kinda important to me. If I had someone dying beside me and I could not get a 911 operator because the company was congested with people abusing the right to unlimited network usage. Well, I don't really what to have it come to that. Now I'm not saying it's wrong. Really I'm with you. It is a good thing, file sharing and all. But if there was not any issues with it then where is the problem. File sharing uses huge amounts of traffic. So why are company's like Comcast limiting the usage and blocking P2P. I think that is a thing to look at. Addressing the issues that wont be resolved by trying to stop people from doing it. More forward bandwidth is a future concern and these company's need to realize it. And yes. My apologies. Convections was an inappropriate word to use.