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Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus


From: Clayton Zekelman <clayton () MNSi Net>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:02:19 -0400



No they didn't do the right thing. The right thing would have been to eliminate the caps a decade ago.


At 07:09 PM 12/03/2020, Sabri Berisha wrote:
----- On Mar 12, 2020, at 3:55 PM, Sean Donelan sean () donelan com wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Tom Paseka wrote:

Hi,

>> I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late evening.
>> They have loads of capacity during the day.
>
> Do they have capacity to the right places?
>
> The evening traffic peak is usually streaming entertainment bits from CDNs
> on the edge of the network.

Perhaps MPAA can follow AT&Ts lead and suspend copyright enforcement so people can torrent some entertainment? :)

I will say that as much as AT&T can be disliked by some groups, they did the right thing and are giving a great example.

Thanks,

Sabri

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Clayton Zekelman
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