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[ NNSquad ] Re: Comments on NNSquad Purpose


At 04:07 PM 11/8/2007, Bill S wrote:
 
>If I'm being sold a certain amount of bits at a certain data rate per
>a set amount of time, why does it matter to an ISP how I use the
>bandwidth I've been promised?  5Mbps is how it is advertised, not
>5Mbps to exclude smtp, p2p, bit-torrent and no web access to .ru.

If you look at the ISP's ad -- and read the WHOLE ad -- you'll see that
5 Mbps is a burst rate. You are not allowed to run a 100% duty cycle
at that rate. Nor, in most cases, are you allowed to run a server. This
is explicitly stated.

--Brett Glass