Bill C

Good point.

I had a long conversation the other night with a good friend of mine. We came to the conclusion that people are moving to newsgroups for the privacy side as well. He had noticed how the user count on a hub that he hosts on dc had reduced over the last couple of months.

The riaa and the bpi are now very active on the common p2p networks. It is extremely difficult for them to catch you on the newsgroups and in fact i don't think i have ever seen a report of someone being court via the newsgroups.

The speed advantage of newsgroups over the common p2p networks is stunning in my opinion and leaves the other p2p networks standing.

And there is the problem i think for the isp's. The speed that you can download at is where the problems can be. The serial downloaders out there can download a massive amount in a month (because they can or to sell on) and as speed ramp up this will be a even bigger problem not only for the isp's but also the other users sharing that connection.

So where do the isp's draw the line. Do they hard cap and offer lower speed unlimited connections. Or do they offer unlimited high speed connections at high prices. I am glad its not me that has to make the decisions.

Now for me a lower speed unlimited connection is looking favorite at the moment as speed is not everything to me.

Please note i do not condone the downloading of copyrighted material

Just my outlook on p2p and caps and are not representative of the company i work for and is not a admission of guilt .


Also it is not a indication of what Ntl intend to do.