That is something I can't understand. I mean digital data is not like water or oil or whatever other commodity, whenever you consume more water or oil, it's that much your provider does not have anymore, therefore he charges you accordingly. But digital data is not actually transferred from ISP to consumer, it's only copied. So how do heavy downloaders cost extra to ISP's I can't figure out. And don't say because they clutter up bandwidth. The only cost is for ISP's to strengthen it and if they are smart they do it once and get the widest possible bandwidth which is a one time investment and they are good after that for a long time (until new technologies allow for even wider bandwidth)
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I doubt they would be bothered. Heavy downloaders aren't very profitable to ISPs.
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