The problem is ISP's oversell their bandwidth but continue to advertise the unlimited connection idea.
It'd be great if ISP's would actually enforce their bandwidth restrictions and give the option for people who use more to pay more. It would actually make it better for everyone. Easier for them to allocate resources. But they won't because that goes against their $40/month fits everyone's needs style of advertising, so they'll continue to just oversell and advertise the way they are.
Shaw's one of the better ones because they actually do have different tiers with different limits that are advertised.
And yes, torrent usage doesn't equal pirating, there are tons of legit uses for torrents and they will continue to grow as more companies figure out that using torrents means they don't have to invest in huge resources to host their stuff.
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