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Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23
Simple reason virign then need ot pay for the bandwidht outside there network and at the end of the day that why they stm so they reduce costs
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But STM doesn't stop me downloading, I still use (legal) torrents, I still share and watch video on YouTube, I still download HD movie trailers etc.
They're still having to pay for the bandwidth as STM doesn't make me think about the way I use bandwidth, it just gets to me slower.
The way we use the internet has changed from what we did 10 years ago, media rich online learning, high bandwidth AV content, purchasing music and films online, software distribution and all the others things we now do.
VM have to evolve with this and increase the bandwidth available at their peering points not STM their customers. How they afford this is up to them, if they can't afford to do it because of the ridiculously low broadband prices they offer people they shouldn't be doing that.
Wholesale IP transit charges have come down in the last 10 years, not gone up, yes we're using more of it but I was still paying £30 a month 10 years ago for a 33kbit/s connection and using less bandwidth. Where has the investment been?