Originally Posted by kane

I have no idea if they are just going after downloaders or uploaders as well. However, the way I understand it there will be phases to it. If you are suspected of doing this they send you an email letting you know that this is happening. This way if you are innocent and maybe you have an unsecured WiFi connection or other people on your computer you can look into it and see what is going on.

If you persist in doing this they send a pop-up to your computer that will not go away until you click it and are sent to a page about why illegal downloading is bad. If you still continue they will redirect you and/or throttle you until you call them and talk to them.

So it isn't like if you download one thing, bam! you are throttled. I often see people argue that people could be a victim of unsecured WiFi or other people using their computer to download and the owner of the ISP connection gets screwed. This solution gives you a change to fix that problem without hitting you with a massive lawsuit.

I also saw no mention of them going after people for money. Maybe this will, but it sounds like they are just trying to take away people's service if they abuse it.