[AusNOG] News: Telstra to clamp down on peer-to-peer

[Paul Gear]

On 02/05/2013 09:29 PM, Shaun McGuane wrote:
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> That's a very valid point Skeeve.
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> I am wondering what they classify as a heavy downloader?
>
> The customer base willing to pay more for a higher GB download allowance.
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> Isn't that just good business?
>

This discussion suggests to me that Telstra's decision has nothing to do 
with bandwidth and everything to do with music/movie interest groups 
whom Telstra is trying to sweet-talk to increase their margins on 
Bigpond Music, etc.

I can hear the sell now: "You should give us an extra 2% wholesale 
margin because we're /doing something/ about Internet piracy - not like 
those dirty pirates over at iiNet who fought you in court about P2P."

Paul

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