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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
-- Clayton Zekelman Managed Network Systems Inc. (MNSi) 3363 Tecumseh Rd. E Windsor, Ontario N8W 1H4 tel. 519-985-8410fax. 519-985-8409
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