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To: Ed Forrest who wrote (25414)	7/11/1999 8:40:00 AM
From: RocketMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

I doubt if it would have much effect on AOL, but it is not good for ATHM. Actually, the upload cap was publicized about six months ago, as I recall. The problem is that cable broadband shares bandwidth among several customers within the same neighborhood, so that one node can hog the bandwidth for others by uploading large amounts of data. I seem to recall there were some customers using ATHM for business purposes, and that caused them to limit their upload. All is not all it seems with broadband. Even if the cable industry were to provide high bandwidth feeds to each and every customer independently, they would still have a serious problem with choke points upstream.

To: Ed Forrest who wrote (25414)	7/11/1999 4:00:00 PM
From: HECTOR RUBERT	Respond to of 41369

Good job Ed. Thanks for the info. Hector

To: Ed Forrest who wrote (25414)	7/11/1999 6:30:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Respond to of 41369

The @home upload cap doesnt have any effect on AOL. But it is a perfect example of how having multiple system administrators over a shared network would be complete chaos. @home did something they knew would be very unpopular because it was the right thing to do. It was necessary for the overall good of the users whether they want to accept it or not. What happens when AOL or Mindspring comes along and sharing the same bandwidth says "use us- we have no limits!" Sounds good right? Nope. Everyone suffers, including @home subscribers. Sure, the problem can be improved with the MSO spending more money to rearchitect its wires, but what motivation do they have? Is AOL or Mindspring going to help them pay for it? Nope. The winners of "open" access for cable? Dial-up and DSL. They get to keep prices higher because one of their competitors has been crippled. Eric