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Old 10-03-2005, 01:11   #1074
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Re: *ALL* ntl Cap Discussion Here Please.

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Originally Posted by scrotnig
The point is that many people struggle to understand what 'legal' reason people need for massive usage allowances. As Neil has said, there are only so many 'Linux distros' people can claim to need without it sounding silly.

And, once it is established that much of this excessive usage is illegal, there comes the question of why an ISP should invest considerable cash in providing a service for people to do things which are illegal. And the answer is, they shouldn't. Bandwidth is not an infinite resource.

Cue several people telling me how they need to download 30 Linux distros a week for 'testing purposes'.
What you are sayingm just shows that you are ignorant of what the Internet is.
I will give you just 2 examples:
1. http://www.researchchannel.org/webcast/ 1300kbps
2. http://www.m1live.com/ 128kbps
Only 2 examples out of hundreds.
You ppl must think before posting your half-masked accusations.
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