Comment Re:We probably all know this already, but.... (Score 2, Insightful) 629
"What the providers really fear is that people will actually start using what they've been told they already have."
Yes and no. Yes they have been told they have 6Mbps or whatever of "on all the time" Internet access. This advertising is basically true given certain assumptions about customer behavior. When that drastically changes, it changes the product (service). The FA uses the phone line analogy. Do you think if all of the sudden everyone wanted to use the phone ALL THE TIME they would expect it to work? No, people understand how that works. Articles like this are good at explaining how things work to common users (and incidentally good at dampening some of the blow if it does all go to hell -- think about who has an interest in this article's publication :) ). But I digress. The point is that people are poorly educated and need to better understand the Internet's limitations, but also that it's NOT a punishment on people that want to use "their" bandwidth 24 hrs a day. Anyone who understands the Internet knows 24hr full utilization by every user is unrealistic. If it was the ISPs would have no profitable business model and no one would have access.
Yes and no. Yes they have been told they have 6Mbps or whatever of "on all the time" Internet access. This advertising is basically true given certain assumptions about customer behavior. When that drastically changes, it changes the product (service). The FA uses the phone line analogy. Do you think if all of the sudden everyone wanted to use the phone ALL THE TIME they would expect it to work? No, people understand how that works. Articles like this are good at explaining how things work to common users (and incidentally good at dampening some of the blow if it does all go to hell -- think about who has an interest in this article's publication
