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> (E.g. no consumer is going to care that their smart lightbulb participated in a DDoS) They might care if it used up their GB allowance offered by their ISP o
by crottypeter 10y ago
> (E.g. no consumer is going to care that their smart lightbulb participated in a DDoS)
They might care if it used up their GB allowance offered by their ISP or made their connection too slow for e.g. Netflix to work.
- klibertp 10y ago> They might care if it used up their GB allowance offered by their ISP A quick question: are data caps on land-lines still used? The last time I saw the "X GB monthly" was around 2005 I think. There are still some data caps when using cell phone to connect to the Internet, and I don't know how it looks outside of major cities, but personally I last had a connection with data cap more than a decade ago.
- kogepathic 10y ago> A quick question: are data caps on land-lines still used? Yes, at least in Germany. Most DSL connections have a 300GB monthly limit. If you exceed this for 3 consecutive months the ISP gets pissed and throttles you (I think, haven't exceeded 300GB per month and can't remember the exact fine print).
- crottypeter 10y agoYes, I saw a 25GB per month home broadband offer this week. Unlimited was moderately more expensive. I guess some people don't need more than that.