[olug] Cox Issues Was: Cox sucks

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 18 July 2007 22:11, Sam Tetherow wrote:
> Most users don't come close to using 60GB download a month so it is a
> reasonable cap.

Most 7mbit users, maybe. It's unreasonable to be advertising 12mbit when 
effectively it's really 200kbit! I could understand an effective 2-3mbit, but 
200kbit??

> Most providers do not worry about the cap if the user is not seriously
> degrading the network. But if a user is seriously degrading the network,
> they have to have something in writing (a TOS or AUP) that will allow
> them to either charge the user an additional rate or allow them to
> terminate the contract.

If it degrades the network, then it is the ISP's fault for misconfiguring 
things to make that possible.