Over the past several days I have been in contact with several ISP's who currently have or testing Bandwidth caps. The main reason given for introducing such caps is the increasing number P2P traffic and the bandwidth hog that it can be.
I did a little research here and I have found if we introduce bandwidth caps in order to punish the P2P players then places like Steam, Direct2Drive,Gog.com, MMO's and places offering services identical to Hulu would see a 50% drop if not more in traffic and less Direct download purchases occurring.
Now there isn't an easy answer to solve this bandwidth capping issue but I would suspect we should start by throttling P2P traffic to start off with then we could single out these offenders and gear a bandwidth service specifically for them. As is stands right now, ISP's want to punish everyone with caps regardless if your a P2P offender or not. My suggestion would be to do more research on these capping issues before making the ultimate mistake of punishing everyone.
If you really want to get technical about bandwidth caps then an alternative should be the following:
- Basic Internet use/ web surfing/ everyday normal use Plan $14.99/mo (You would receive basic broadband speed)
- Entertainment, Gaming, Music etc Plan $29.99/mo (You would receive an Upgraded Broadband speed specifically designed for this plan)
-Productivity,web hosting, FTP hosting, P2P Plan $49.99/mo (You would receive a broadband speed just under the buisness class model with a 750GB limit, If you pass the limit a surcharge of $1 per GB will be added up to the $25 surcharge limit)
-Buisness Class, Heavy traffic loads, service geared to keep you up and running 24/7 plan $129.99/mo (Everything goes plan for qualified subscribers)
That is the best that I can come up with to make everyone happy without capping unreasonably.
Feel free to sound off on your own ideas here drmrigger@gmail.com
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