Comment on Torrenting is not allowed on Windscribe

• y0din@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I do not work there, just referenced the terms of conditions from their website, so you need to ask them the questions, but I think having a 1Gb connection with 30TB of seeding will eat up that pretty fast either way and also cause a mayhem of incoming connections, so it can hardly be considered private use.

  Again, I have no reference to the company, so all questions should be forwarded to them not me. I simply gave a possible reasoning of the ban from their terms.

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  • Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wasn’t aimed at you, more of an observation, fttp in the UK is usually sold as 150/150 or 900/900(ish) with some areas having the option for 2.5gbps it’s like when it first launched and ISPs had usage quotas that could be gone in 3 hours of full usage

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    • y0din@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      sorry, since you asked a question I just felt the need to clarify 🙂

      The ISP products you mentioned really don’t seem consumer-friendly. I understand that ISPs might benefit from setting byte limits, since they incur costs for both inbound and outbound traffic to transit providers. However, from a consumer perspective, it’s a poor deal—especially since most people don’t have the tools to manage their usage effectively and can burn through their quota far too quickly, just like you pointed out.

      It all comes down to costs and earnings in the end for all products unfortunately.

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