Comment Where do we see this going... (Score 1) 574
Are the ISPs really all going to try and limit bandwidth? As was aforementioned, when we sign up for broadband it's "unlimited."
True it's a common practice to oversell in certain markets, but banks, for example, have certain safeguards against this - i.e. they have to keep a certain amoutn of cash on hand at all times. Perhaps we need this for bandwidth and/or hosting?
I think ISPs would be smart to establish no legal liablility for what users are downloading, then they might not care so much about torrents, etc. (or maybe they already have this, and bandwidth is the issue for them). Anyone know what Verizon's plan with their FioS service is?
On a more unrelated note: I'm not too familiar with newsgroups, but is it possible for ISPs to block those as well? It's my understanding they use the same protocols as web pages, but i find it hard to believe that they're "unblockable."
True it's a common practice to oversell in certain markets, but banks, for example, have certain safeguards against this - i.e. they have to keep a certain amoutn of cash on hand at all times. Perhaps we need this for bandwidth and/or hosting?
I think ISPs would be smart to establish no legal liablility for what users are downloading, then they might not care so much about torrents, etc. (or maybe they already have this, and bandwidth is the issue for them). Anyone know what Verizon's plan with their FioS service is?
On a more unrelated note: I'm not too familiar with newsgroups, but is it possible for ISPs to block those as well? It's my understanding they use the same protocols as web pages, but i find it hard to believe that they're "unblockable."
