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Old 12-10-2003, 22:50   #42
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Re: Goodbye to a flat rate for broadband?

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Originally Posted by ianathuth
Your final post of "You think that P2P cause congestion but it is USAGE that causes congestion." is quite correct. But that takes us right back to the start as all p2p is usage and if 60-80% of that is p2p then that is the primary cause of congestion and most of this would not exist if everyone was law abiding.
So you really believe that if P2P were to vanish then there would be no congestion on your conection ever again ? That ISP's would never overload too many users on too small a connection ever again ?

If your problem is people breaking the law, then let the law deal with it.

and finally a horrible analagoy.

I like beer. I like pubs. However my enjoyment is spoilt by a 'tiny minority' that spend all day drinking vast amounts, where as I like to drink in the evenings from 9-11. This tiny minority are the cause for 60-80% of all the 'drunken crimes' comitted in my area, ****ing in the street, flashing their bums, causing a public nuicance and more besides. What's more as the pub is open 24/7 and they are almost always there they drink like fishes. So best estimates are that they consume 60-80% of all the beer. So this _must_ mean that when _I_ come in for my evening beer, and can not get to the bar, that it is this this same 5% that is causing all the 'bar congestion'. So not olnly are the responsible for 80% of the 'bar congestion' they are also responsible for 80% of _illegal activities_ associated with it. This can not go on.

Now I do not want beer to be £50 a pint. I do not want there to be a restriction on how many pints a person can order in a day, but what else is to be done. The whole thing is gonna colapse otherwise. So I guess that £50 a pint and restrictions on how many pints you can buy a day is the only option. At least when I do pop in for a pint, I will not be blocked by a 'tiny minority', and will be able to get my pint quickly.

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