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Aggregate bandwidth or rate is limited and is what costs money to increase but that's not what ISPs are charging for. Do you think that everyone gets the aggre
by cptskippy 9y ago
Aggregate bandwidth or rate is limited and is what costs money to increase but that's not what ISPs are charging for.
Do you think that everyone gets the aggregate rate they pay for? Do you think any ISP has capacity to deliver everyone their aggregate rate simultaneously? Does the combined bandwidth consumption of all customers over a given billing cycle approach the maximum theoretical bandwidth of the ISP? No, no, and no.
ISPs are charging for bandwidth like it's a commodity you buy at the store but if you buy a bag of rice at the store, the store doesn't take your left over rice at the end of the month and expect you to buy more. ISPs do though...