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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Further, as time goes on, I expect to see more and more ISPs take the comcast route and start blocking known bandwidth leeching programs, such as joost, P2P networks, Skype, and others that are entirely dependant on using other company's bandwidth for free. I would not at all be shocked to see network routers with the ability to spot this type of dataflow and block it off.
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Just to nitpick here, but these programs do not allow anyone to use another companies bandwidth "for free", even though thats the popular line from the ISP's.
Any consumer using Skype, P2P etc is choosing to use the bandwidth THEY pay for, for those purposes. ISP's are in a tight spot, because they still build their networks and oversell their bandwidth based on 1990's internet usage patterns.