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Originally Posted by Ramrod
But to use it to it's full potential (24/7 downloading) you either have to have very deep pockets or be infringing copyright laws all the time. Lets take a wild guess at which of those two options is most likely to be occurring :pp . You are, in effect, saying that people should be bitching because they are not being allowed to break the law as much as they would like to  |
Oh please not this old chestnut again.
Yes many people infringe copyright with their BB conncetions but to state this is the _only_ reasons why a user might have large downlaod volumes is ridiculous.
In addition to all the standard legal uses so often given as examples I will add a couple of new(ish) ones.
I want to use my BB connection to recieve or send videostreams from my own privately owned cameras (in porpery of mine in other locations, to my families house etc etx).
I want to use my BB connection to set up a VPN between my friends and family, where I can share their data and files and they mine as if we were on an office LAN.
You presumably are of the view that such legal applications and uses (along with 1000s of others) should be prohibited because some people steal movies and music?
Increase average usage of BB is probably the single most important 'metric' in terms of promoting BB and its usage (as government policy says it widhes to do) and building a BB britain.
You do not limit crime that invovles the use of postal services by limiting how many letters people can send. You do not limit crimes that involve cars by limiting how much people can drive. So can we end this ridiculous idea that we should limit crimes that use the internet by limiting internet usage - once and for all? Please !