Cable Forum - View Single Post - Anyone actually been cut off/restricted because of the Detrimental Usage?

kwikbreaks · 12-06-2011, 10:55

I don't understand the obsession with legal v. illegal downloads. Does anybody think it costs less for VM to provide capacity for legal downloads than illegal ones? Bandwidth is bandwidth. Legal v illegal is a pointless argument. Few will put up their hands to hookey downloads on a board anyway.

350GB during peak times if that is the supposed trigger for snotty letters is one hell of a lot..
if movies it's about 14 full bluray
or
40 mkv @ 1080p
or
80 mkv @ 720p
or
more divx quality than anybody could watch in the month.

If it's linux ISOs then you'd need multiple folks installing to keep up.

If it's porn you'd need half a hundredweight of viagra and a container load of tissues.

If it's streaming video then you'll soon be needing SpecSavers.

No idea how many games it might be but I suspect games couldn't match video for GB/hour consumption anyway.

I can't think of any other regular need consumer style high download material - perhaps one of the high downloaders can add to that list.

12-06-2011, 10:55	#18
kwikbreaks Inactive Join Date: May 2010 Services: Plusnet FTTC, FoxSat HDR for TV, Vonage VOIP. Posts: 2,082	Re: Anyone actually been cut off/restricted because of the Detrimental Usage? I don't understand the obsession with legal v. illegal downloads. Does anybody think it costs less for VM to provide capacity for legal downloads than illegal ones? Bandwidth is bandwidth. Legal v illegal is a pointless argument. Few will put up their hands to hookey downloads on a board anyway. 350GB during peak times if that is the supposed trigger for snotty letters is one hell of a lot.. if movies it's about 14 full bluray or 40 mkv @ 1080p or 80 mkv @ 720p or more divx quality than anybody could watch in the month. If it's linux ISOs then you'd need multiple folks installing to keep up. If it's porn you'd need half a hundredweight of viagra and a container load of tissues. If it's streaming video then you'll soon be needing SpecSavers. No idea how many games it might be but I suspect games couldn't match video for GB/hour consumption anyway. I can't think of any other regular need consumer style high download material - perhaps one of the high downloaders can add to that list.