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Old 08-30-2008, 08:22 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by TidalWave View Post
"control the internet"??
just as you pay for bandwidth on your dedicated server, they pay for your bandwidth to their backbones.
Your $50/month only gets you 250GB of bandwidth, deal with it

this is targeting bit torrent traffic, by implementing reverse proxy technology they could have bit torrent traffic on the almost free local loop, instead of across their backbone.

They choose not to do this because they want to protect their cable tv monopoly.

Expect an anti trust lawsuit which would result in local carriers getting access to the local loop for free (and only paying for badwidth across the backbone) so far market competition will rule out or massive fines that will convince cable companies to implement reverse proxies themselves.
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