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Originally Posted by fredr123
However, if I'm going to be paying by the GB then there needs better be some changes in the way content shows up on websites. I don't want my bandwidth used up by stupid autoplay videos, popup/popunders, interstital ads, flashy banners and the like.
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I initially read this last part wrong, and was about to agree. But here's where I see this as a positive.
I don't do a whole lot of downloading or file sharing. What I do want is to be reasonably sure that when I want to surf I am able to at a decent speed, and not having my speed hampered because my 8 neighbours are downloading 8 different copies of the same movie; trying to see what quality each one is and deleting the rest.
And FI80, I have to disagree. It is very much like water. Both are renewable resources (once we use either more becomes available), but with bandwidth being like water pressure, I want to be able to have the pressure available when I need it, and not have to settle for a drip while my neighbour has the taps on full blast in case he happens to feel like washing his hands.
Also, make people accountable for their bandwidth. I'm sure those of us geeky enough that we fix friends' computers have seen it before- they have Limewire running 24/7 because they didn't know that clicking the X to close still leaves it running in the background. Once again, why should my surfing suffer because another user doesn't know that he has his connection wide open?