Data caps and bandwidth use
2011-11-30 16:59:57.124288+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Benoit Felter: Do data caps punish the wrong users? A bandwidth usage reality check (Via).
Basically, the heaviest bandwidth users for the North American ISP studied weren't sucking down their bandwidth during the peak congestion times. Which reinforces the notion that bandwidth caps aren't about network congestion, but are really about monopolistic content control.