Is the 'Bandwidth Hog' a Myth?

[bekdik]

From slashdot:

http://www.fiberevolution.com/2009/12/whats-a-bandwidth-hog-.html

http://www.dadamotive.com/2009/11/congestion-neutrality.html

With the debate on net neutrality in full swing in the US, we've been hearing about Bandwidth Hogs again. 'Bandwidth Hog' is a sound bite that conveys a strong emotion: you can virtually see the fat pig chomping on the bandwidth, pushing back all the other animals in the barnyard with his fat pig shoulders all the while scrutinizing with his shiny piggy eyes to see if the farmer isn't around...

 

[general_koffi]

Even if it is imaginary in Europe or North America (which imo it probably is), things are different when you only have one or two thin pipes connecting you to the rest of the world, like us.

But there's no reason why we shouldn't all have uncapped local.

 

[guest2013-1]

Even if it is imaginary in Europe or North America (which imo it probably is), things are different when you only have one or two thin pipes connecting you to the rest of the world, like us.

But there's no reason why we shouldn't all have uncapped local.

Because Telkom wanted to kill the businesses who sold their unused diginet lines as proxies so people with only local bandwidth could still surf international...

 

[general_koffi]

So they're keeping South Africa artificially bandwidth-starved, then? The bandwidth is there, but its sitting unused?