Theoretically...the 'net should be faster right now!

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Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
What would happen to Internet bandwidth if all the spam and all the illegal downloading (MP3s, pr0n, movies, warez etc.) stopped?? And without illegal downloading, what would we do with all that bandwidth?? :p

but then there wouldn't be anything to do....:p
 

KenGr

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This might be true!! I'm FTP'ing a bunch of image files to my web server and it's blazing fast today.
 

Walleye

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Originally posted by: spartan
I'm in Boston and I'm using up all the bandwidth the rest of the North East isn't using. That's why you don't feel any speed increase. :p

that's a lotta porn you're downloading... ;)
 

You would think so . . . but I I'm not sure I have noted any differences in the speed.

The East Coast doesn't like the West Coast, so they have some force holding back the West Coast from enjoying the quietness. ;) :D