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To: Eqmx who wrote (5725)	7/28/1999 1:35:00 AM
From: dwight martin	Respond to of 13157

Going thru my old E-Mail, from TBTF (http://www.tbtf.com) ..@Home to limit upstream bandwidth The free lunch is running out for the early cable adopters The cable Internet provider is fighting a PR backlash [30] after news leaked of a planned nationwide bandwidth cap, for upstream data, of 128K. An internal @Home memo [31] intended for cable system operators was posted to Usenet. It details the company's strategy for handling the anticipated customer firestorm once the policy (which the memo calls the ONadvantage Upstream Enhancement) is announced nationwide. @Home first instituted such a cap in Fremont, CA, one of the first communities to see widespread adoption of the cable service. The initial high upstream bandwidth (1 Mbit/sec.) and the "always-on" nature of the service tempted an abnormally high proportion of Fremont customers to commit what @Home calls "subscriber abuse"- operating Web servers, Shoutcast servers, and FTP warez depots out of their homes. (That's a funny term, "subscriber abuse"; from a subscriber's point of view the label could as easily fit @Home's policy.) For a clear-headed look at some of the real issues of bandwidth and average subscriber behavior, read Restil's posting in this Slashdot discussion [32]. [30] internetnews.com [31] x24.deja.com[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=487238496&CONTEXT=930191437.185663528&hitnum=15 [32] slashdot.org