It looks like another storm is brewing for file sharers!
“Bit-caps” in user agreements to limit a user to a certain amount of data transferred per month? What next? Read this informative article.
Some of the highlights:
“The cable companies note that the people who use the most bandwidth make up only a small fraction of their clientele.”
“Two types of pricing changes are being implemented: Some companies are offering tiered-pricing plans that allow customers who want less bandwidth to pay less money; others are implementing the more controversial “bit caps”–plans that charge customers more if they go over a certain data-transfer rate per month.”
“AT&T didn’t give details about its plans, but said last December that just 1 percent of its customers use 16 percent of the network capacity.
“Obviously these people have a need for more bandwidth, and we’re going to charge more for more bandwidth,” said AT&T spokesman Andrew Johnson.
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