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Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts
Yes but the gamers keep saying they need fast uploads as well. Or are they confusing latency / ping with bandwidth needs?
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I've been wondering about that too. Quite a number of people have subscribed to 1Mbps using the argument that to do otherwise would put them at a gaming disadvantage. However the throttling mechanism appears to allow bursts above the limit, provided the overall rate is low, so I'm not convinced that buying 1Mbps has any affect on latency.
:ducks - waiting for deluge of posts saying why there is an effect:
Back on topic: I think the biggest risk of metered access for an always on connection is inadvertantly running up a big bill. There have been a number of such cases down under, where expensive metered broadband is common. Folks install p2p and don't realise that acting as a server will cost them loads.