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[ NNSquad ] Effects of bandwidth restrictions (from IP)
------- Forwarded Message From: David Farber <dave@farber.net> To: "ip" <ip@v2.listbox.com> Subject: [IP] bandwidth restrictions redux Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:57:12 -0400 Begin forwarded message: From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby@henkel-wallace.org> Date: October 29, 2008 4:17:07 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: bandwidth restrictions redux Since bandwidth restrictions have started coming into place I have seen comments from people on the net saying that they cannot or will not download software updates because of their provider's bandwidth cap. Not from people complaining politically but just ordinary users (e.g. see various comments on the macintouch site). I presume this will increase the chance of security patches not being downloaded. Since it's an ill wind that blows no good I guess I've also seen the upside: people complaining about heavy web pages and the use of flash. Really, if bandwidth caps eliminate flash, can we really complain? - ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------- End of Forwarded Message