[AusNOG] End of download limits

[Grahame Lynch]

If the average throughput speed is increased ten fold or even hundred fold,
why does it follow that because it is quicker you necessarily will increase
your downloads ten fold or hundred fold.

It doesn't.

Will two hour movies suddenly become ten hour movies? Will three minute
songs become 30 minute songs? Can I consume media any faster, does time
speed up? No!

I'm not suggesting caps won't increase but the government seems to bizarrely
think that data should be unlimited and is free to provide - and that there
is unlimited capacity to consume it.

If you genuinely need a gigabit now why would you buy it residential retail
anyhow? Surely you're big enough to fall into some other superior cost per
megabit category such as enterprise/wholesale anyway. If I needed a gig I
think I might set up as a carrier!

On 12 August 2010 14:20, Glenn Lake <glenn.lake at team.e-vision.com.au> wrote:

>  One more thing : “Speaking in Tasmania today at the official launch of
> the network, to be known as NBNCo, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy
> said increased speeds of up to 1000 megabits per second would mean retailers
> would have "less of an excuse" to cap downloads.”
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> http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/communications-minister-stephen-conroy-says-national-broadband-network-could-bring-end-to-download-limits/story-fn5z3z83-1225904363980
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> Unless I am missing something – how does increasing access pipes bandwidth
> have an impact on the ability of a provider to provide unlimited transit IP
> (ie : the downloads?)
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