Bandwidth hogs - are they real?

Do you think bandwidth hogs adversely affect other users on the network?

  • Yes

    Votes: 84 29.4%

  • No

    Votes: 202 70.6%
  • Total voters
    286
Given that we have 20:1 contention ratios, I struggle to see how anyone could conclude that bandwidth hogs do not have an effect.:confused::rolleyes:
 
People should actually read the article before commenting and voting.
 
According to Benoit Felten, a Yankee Group analyst, typical US data caps are between 50 GB and 150 GB per month.
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I think that explains it nicely. ;)

And this:

elten says in his blog. “But wait: 50 Gbyte a month is… 150 kbps average (0.15 Mbps), 150 GB a month is 450 kbps on average. If you have a 10 Mbps link, that’s only 1.5 % or 4.5 % of its maximum advertised speed! And that would be "hogging?" Felten asked.

In South Africa data caps are significantly lower, but since data is charged per-GB the term has not become common place in South Africa. What is however interesting is that a 5 GB cap allows a subscriber to use on average around 16 Kbps throughout the month, well below the 4 Mbps line speed which is advertised.
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You mean there are people that use the bandwidth that they pay for? Oh my god what next people will be using all the petrol they buy or eating all their food, heaven forbid.

The poll is skewed, is it really these people's fault if they adversely effect a network because they use what they've paid for?
 
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I would love to see the results of this. I pay for 70GB a month, and I use it all. I am not a hog :)
 
Erm... The ISPs have control over their networks, if they're too incompetent to manage their networks properly, it's hardly their users fault.

The truth is Telkom created an artificial bandwidth "shortage" over the years so they could justify the premium they charged for access. The party's coming to an end morons, deal with it :p
 
Browser said:
You mean there are people that use the bandwidth that they pay for? Oh my god what next people will be using all the petrol they buy or eating all their food, heaven forbid.

The poll is skewed, is it really these people's fault if they adversely effect a network because they use what they've paid for?
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+1 :)
 
Browser said:
You mean there are people that use the bandwidth that they pay for? Oh my god what next people will be using all the petrol they buy or eating all their food, heaven forbid.

The poll is skewed, is it really these people's fault if they adversely effect a network because they use what they've paid for?
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+2, Agreed, reasoning like that makes me see red:mad:
 
Browser said:
You mean there are people that use the bandwidth that they pay for? Oh my god what next people will be using all the petrol they buy or eating all their food, heaven forbid.

The poll is skewed, is it really these people's fault if they adversely effect a network because they use what they've paid for?
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+2
 
imho bandwidth hogs exist on LANs where multiple users connect through a single modem/router. whether it be your small home/office lan or a large corporate network.

on the other hand, as far as usage from a single connection/user to just adsl line (etc) is concerned, the term holds no truth whatsoever because the capacity is paid for, not partially but in full, therefor the line capacity can be used as the end user wishes...

whether or not it is ethical opens up a whole new can of worms, but let's not go there...
 
quik said:
The truth is Telkom created an artificial bandwidth "shortage" over the years so they could justify the premium they charged for access. The party's coming to an end morons, deal with it :p
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This.
 
hehe... I have been paying almost R2k per month for an uncapped link. In the US they pay a fraction of that same amount to get service that's 10X better... and we qoute Telkom as a credible source in this article... tisk tisk.
 
If you have a small ISP, with a small pipe, of course excessive usage will cause a problem. Though I say that is the ISP's problem. I am paying for that service! It just takes a minority of users on my network to use p2p efficiently and there goes my internet performance for all users. Though I am not advertising an "all you can eat" system. On the other hand the first tier operators, should have oodles of bandwidth, and this should not come close to happening.
 
Browser said:
You mean there are people that use the bandwidth that they pay for? Oh my god what next people will be using all the petrol they buy or eating all their food, heaven forbid.

The poll is skewed, is it really these people's fault if they adversely effect a network because they use what they've paid for?
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+4
:mad:
 
how can this really apply to the internet? you paid for your slice at a certain speed, it's not like you can use more than you paid for. :confused:
 
what a crock of shyte!
theyve spent all this time thinking up a pathetic excuse to back their customer raping cap system
thats proudly South African for you!
Proudly South African= talk the moment up, and when it comes to the moment, theres nothing
 
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