I agree. At most I think it could be argued that what AVG does is impolite client behavior. Do enough people even use this product that it's is a problem to beg

I agree. At most I think it could be argued that what AVG does is impolite client behavior. Do enough people even use this product that it's is a problem to begin with? This isn't much different than all those web accelerators that were popular a few years ago and I don't remember anyone griping about those taking up bandwidth. This whole thing seems like a non-issue. I also wonder if the people talking about filtering or redirecting this AVG traffic are some of the same people clamoring for net neutrality. Granted, this is a little different because we're not talking about filtering at the ISP level, but keep in mind this effectively degrades the quality of a product that someone has paid for. If this was being done by Comcast or Time Warner we'd be raising bloody hell.