AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[clayton at MNSi.Net (Clayton Zekelman)]

No they didn't do the right thing.   The right 
thing would have been to eliminate the caps a decade ago.


At 07:09 PM 12/03/2020, Sabri Berisha wrote:
>----- On Mar 12, 2020, at 3:55 PM, Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Tom Paseka wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
> >> I am not worried. Residential ISPs are 
> usuallyÃ? at peak in the late evening.
> >> They have loads of capacity during the day.
> >
> > Do they have capacity to the right places?
> >
> > The evening traffic peak is usually streaming entertainment bits from CDNs
> > on the edge of the network.
>
>Perhaps MPAA can follow AT&Ts lead and suspend 
>copyright enforcement so people can torrent some entertainment? :)
>
>I will say that as much as AT&T can be disliked 
>by some groups, they did the right thing and are giving a great example.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sabri

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