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Originally Posted by The_Gunslinger
Thing is it's not just
It's a lot more than that, and more than here and there, as they are spending hours streaming high def material every day, downlaoders don't always sit there constantly downloading huge amounts !
Take me for example, i wouild be classed as a heavy downloader by some, however, i downloaded nothing today, and when i do download, it is usually done and dusted in 2 hours, max 3 ... and that is at the crippled speeds, whereas mr jones next door might stream one full movie and 2 tv shows at full speed ... wonder who's used more bandwidth there ?
And yes, i will agree with you, there will be a small percentage (although i suspect it is smaller than people think) that are grabbing the BluRay stuff, the rest of us know it's not worth downloading stuff that size that much.
But, at crippled speeds they are going to be downloading less per hour than streaming media family, just now with the speed restrictions targeting users specifically (like they promised not to !) said download whore is now going to be downloading longer, perpetuating said problem !
The overall increase in non-computer related traffic as you put it has risen tenfold (and that's a conservative guestimate) compared to those that you could categorise as download whores
But it doesnt give them the right to assume that anyone using said type of programs are immediately bad, some of us just want the dam speed we paid for, without some corporate a*shat saying "oh that's bad can't have you using that"
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Whereas I agree with you about the rise in "normal" usage now causing problems, I have to disagree about the "download/upload" you are referring to as yourself and others doing the same. (and I'm not blameless!).
I have and still do download on occasion something that is not avaiable elsewhere. It has never, to my knowledge, been available even if I'm prepared to pay for it (and believe me, I've searched!) and looks like it never will be.
However, copyright is copyright, I'm willing to take the risk but the "powers that be" are under so much preassure from the "powers that have" that eventually all ISP's will be restricting it or banning it completely.
Like it or not it will happen. Then and only then will we see if there is 1-5% of users ruining it for the rest of their customers or if indeed the ISP's have critically underestimated what internet usage will be with all the streaming etc.