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Maybe TW is trying to stop people who downloading movies illegally, like one of my neighbors who downloads about 50 movies a week including movies that just have been released.
I think that TW is going after those who may be breaking or bending the laws. I gigabit is alot to download in one week or one month.
Right, what if a user downloads legitimate large content?
Example: PC demo's, many of which are in the 2gb range per game.
Refined example: Downloading legit games online (i.e. Gears of War for PC). That download "cost" me ~10gb. So TW would've jacked up my price $10 for something I legally bought and downloaded on a line I pay for? Why?
Further example: Streaming educational video from your university.
YAE (Yet another example): Purchasing pornography / Sports streaming.
YAE: Sharing legal files on bittorrent
YAE: Purchasing music via iTunes.
YAE: Netflix online.
And so on. Yes, lets limit a largely honest Internet community (maybe you're cynical that everyone is out downloading illegal porn and music) because of youth (myself) clogging up their tiny lines that they feign are huge.
Seems fair. I guess you're a guy that wants the entire Internet actively monitored for child pornography? Yeah, it'll hopefully deter pedophiles, but it infringes on my rights. It's the equivalent of the dumbass cameras replacing police, the idea isn't to have a police state, if you get caught speeding by a cop looking for speeders, fine; but if you get caught by a camera which is generally recording anything, that's not a reasonable monitoring. We aren't supposed to be excessively monitored without cause.
Look up the concept of "least restrictive" laws -- this is what cable providers should employ, not dumb attempts to limit honest people using their bandwidth that they pay for. That being said, TW does have full rights to do this type of a plan, still, it's pretty bogus. Find another manner to accomplish limiting bandwidth for illegal uses; or admit you do not have enough bandwidth to go around.
EDIT: Though, I relent, there is such a thing as "too much" usage by a single customer even if it's legitimate content. So, whatever the allotment is defines whether this is fair. In reality, it's probably just a ploy for them to make more money.
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