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Originally Posted by seifer  But in all seriousness, why have a cap? |
Well for those people who download off LimeWire and such other p2p networks like an "overweight" person eating a burger, which slows down the network for everyone else.
I also had a look at the
Virgin Media website and they do have a download cap, 4pm-midnight for a "certain 5%", which I'd say is the usual time those "5%" like to use the Internet. They also have a much lower broadband cap of 1mb download for the "M" package, 2mb download for the "L" package, and 5mb for the "XL" package which is way lower than the cap I have on my provider(Skytel, 40GB). I'm just wondering how long it will take them to increase this 5% as the 5% along with the rest of their customers will download, like an "overweight" person eating a burger!, during the time that the cap is not on.
And I'm not saying we should have download limits its just some people use the Internet to download certain illegal stuff and other big files off these p2p networks. I really don't like these networks as they allow people to download music for free which is not only stealing in the "Thou shall not steal!" kinda way, but it also steals from the artist/s who produced that song. Now I'm not all for giving more money to Bono or Madonna so he can buy more stupid looking glasses or she can throw more money at a black person in Africa so she can adopt his/her child but there are smaller bands who are just starting out.
Theres also the problem with paedophiles using the networks which makes it harder for the authorities to track them as many companies who make the networks don't give much control to the authorities as it would also allow them to track people who upload and download copyrighted songs and programs which would mean people would stop using the network as thats all people mainly use them for.
I MEAN COME ON! This guy is obviously a paedophile whos just realised that Virgin Media has put a download cap on his connection!
Of course all that I have just written above will be useless if you do not know what an "overweight" person looks like when eating a burger, which means you won't know what I mean. I,ve also gone way past your question of why we should have download/upload limits but I' don't care. Theres my answer.
::: Disclaimer :::
Trigger does not suggest that all Virgin Media users are paedophiles.