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Originally Posted by ianathuth
There may be plenty of ISPs around that do neither AT THE MOMENT, but....
With more ISPs capping or in other ways restricting downloads there is a reducing number of these around. So all the very heavy users move over to the remaining ISPs that have no restrictions and what do you get?
Think about something for a moment. How many 1Mb users can be put on a 155Mb pipe with a guarantee of no problems for any of them? Now multiply that number of users by the contention ratio to find out how many may share that pipe. Lastly, work out what each of these contended users will get if all of them try downloading at once. Anyone who has bothered to work this out will see that the more heavy users an ISP has, the more impossible it is to provide unrestricted broadband at the level some users are asking for.
There is an interesting article on BT wholesale pricing that illustrates the situation on ADSL. Have a read. http://www.crn.vnunet.com/news/1158135 |
this argument you seem to be indicating that by having a cap that you are garantueed a good level of contention and good burst speeds etc.
I hope you right because if Leics burst speeds and pings dont improve after the cap is in place there will be a lot of questions to ask.