Monday, April 13, 2009

ISP capping becoming the new DRM?

As Toms Hardware is reporting here: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/time-warner-cable-internet-drm,7530.html
Sounds like ISPs want to squeeze more cash out of us. All of this capping talk sure sounds like DRM too me, how about you?

Go to the link above and see for yourself.

Note: TWC is my current provider and if they push this capping BS in my area anytime soon, I will fight it as it's not the answer to combat P2P freeloaders and notorious piracy. My feeling is that $45/month is enough for Broadband access. If you want more bandwidth then by all means upgrade to a Business option and pay more but don't start capping the legit users like we're criminals. P2P is real problem because you can leave it on 24/7 use a lot of bandwidth, However you can start limiting the upload and download speeds at TWC's level or start filtering P2P altogether by instituting a P2P cap in which once you hit say 5GB of P2P traffic your speed gets downgraded at TWC's server level automatically under a P2P restriction rule. I have been in networking long enough to know that you can do anything to manipulate networks and try to squeeze more money out of people.

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