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Originally Posted by ian@huth
Traffic shaping goes on in many walks of life. Often this is done by differential charging which makes you think twice about when you use something.
The big problem with the internet is that some users want the fastest speeds with the lowest latency at a cheaper price than anyone else charges. This is something that no ISP can offer. As internet speeds get faster and faster something has to give. Maximum speeds will become harder to achieve. To give a reasonable level of service at a reasonable price to the majority of customers every ISP will have to take some action which will upset some of its customers. Users who expect an unlimited service with constant ability to achieve the maximum speed may get what they want for a short period of time after they have jumped ship from an ISP who cannot provide it but will soon find themselves looking elsewhere when their new ISP fails to deliver what they want.
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Thats true but the phone companies are open about it, users know what their paying for. They don't cut you off 30 minutes into a call, or interrupt your call if its just chit chat in favour of someone making and important business call.