All Those Who Wont Share

[nankur]

Yes FunK_mOb, I am on cable via Telenet. With Telenet we have a limit off 10Gb too. But in this 10Gb we have a limit for 1.5Gb upload. I know in other countries this isn't often the case, I know even in Brussel a collegue off mine who as another cable company and he doesn't have a limit.
We can also buy more gigabyte but where does it stop? They charges 1€ per Gb but that is also limited part upload and part download.

We can only hope that soon other cable providers will come to Belgiuml and they will get the prices down.
And Switeck, this is why they can charge 40€ a month and still give limits on our internet. There is no competition. It is very fast. It is cable. It is broadband.

The moment they releave us off those stupid limits, I put all my files on kazaa and share like everyone else. That is a promis.

[Switeck]

Originally posted by nankur@21 January 2004 - 12:10
And Switeck, this is why they can charge 40€ a month and still give limits on our internet. There is no competition. It is very fast. It is cable. It is broadband.

"Very fast" is a loaded, relative term nowdays.
Even an ancient ISA Lan card might be able to do 8 Mbps, yet I'd hardly call that fast anymore.

What are some speed numbers?
300+ KB/sec downloads from good websites?

[HARNOvHARNO]

Originally posted by Sparkle1984@19 January 2004 - 20:49
There's no way to tell if people are sharing or not, because most people nowadays have the option turned on that prevents others from seeing what files they share - you can blame the RIAA for this !!!

is there eny reson to hide a full list of what you sharing?

[muchspl2]

yes

riaa/mpaa alone is enough

[Switeck]

Originally posted by HARNOvHARNO+22 January 2004 - 19:29--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (HARNOvHARNO @ 22 January 2004 - 19:29)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Sparkle1984@19 January 2004 - 20:49
There&#39;s no way to tell if people are sharing or not, because most people nowadays have the option turned on that prevents others from seeing what files they share - you can blame the RIAA for this &#33;&#33;&#33;

is there eny reson to hide a full list of what you sharing? [/b][/quote]
Even if there were no RIAA/MPAA/BSA bots looking for copyright violations, there are idiots to consider as well...

These are the people who will list all your files then try to DOWNLOAD all your files.

Even the listing of all your files can eat serious bandwidth for a few seconds if you&#39;re sharing 1,000+ files.

And the more files you share, in theory the greater the probability one of your files will match a random search. And the more files match a random search, the greater the odds someone WILL try to list all your files. So as you share more, MORE people will try to list all your files -- further compounding bandwidth useage.

Having to send out 100+ KB lists of all your files to EVERYONE that requests them can end up eating most/all of your upload bandwidth.

Soon, you may be sharing nothing but these lists... which RIAA/MPAA/BSA would be happy to get.