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Bad news for broadband owners
Old 06-13-2002, 08:26 PM   #1
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Default Bad news for broadband owners

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...20612_1108.htm

The basics:

Because file sharing is so popular, broadband companies are now planning to start charging users if they exceed bandwidth limits. So like you get 5GB bandwidth a month, if you exceed it, you pay $$$$$.

This would kill me, badly. I mean, I save all the press images released for Gamecube games, and those can get huge. I mean, around E3 we were talking 10MB images of Mario. Then we got 60MB game trailers. E3 alone we're talking like 2-3GB, easily. Hell, yesterday I downloaded the CS and Half-Life updates, over 200MB right there.

If AT&T begins charging monthly fees if I exceed a certain amount, I'll switch to another company.
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