Drew Calcott wrote:
Maybe I've missed something here, but does implementing traffic shaping on content that is sitting in a local cache seem a little bit silly...? And is it really fair to count data that is merely being pushed from inside their own network towards people's (rather insignificant) usage caps?
Any ISP type people care to enlighten me? Or is it just that accounting departments have taken what could be a great benefit to the user and turned it into a way to make easier money?
Last time I looked, the "s" in ISP stood for "service" and service always has a value. If an ISP can provide improved data access to its customers and also minimise its costs then that would seem to be a win/win as both service level and profit are increased with no extra "cost" to the customer. Most companies are looking to decrease costs and if they can do so without compromising their levels of service then good on them. Dave