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Originally Posted by pip08456
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.
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History suggests on your latter point its isp's underestimating.
O2 traffic shape very heavily and then capped their unlimited product at 30gig and they still extremely congested.
Plusnet also had no noticeable relief when they started shaping it is only when they added capacity afterwards things started getting back under control for them.