It’s about time that people realised they must adhere to an acceptable use policy (AUP) with broadband access. I’d say the vast majority of home internet users use some form of file-sharing program to obtain music and movies for free. I agree that if people want this facility they should understand they will need to pay some sort of premium on their internet subscription fee.

Not necessarily a penalty but a higher fee than someone that is using their bandwidth conservatively -lawfully. Myself, I can’t be bothered with P2P in all honesty. As much as it’s illegal and immoral I don’t want to be downloading all sorts of crap to my computer. Personally, I am a fan of BigPond Music -which I can’t use unfortunately as I am an Apple Mac user- and Apple iTunes -which I love dearly.

What annoys me as a Cable user is that my bandwidth is often hogged by those P2P users in my street. I, however, am trying to download legally and pay a nominal fee for each song and I get the short straw. Check out what Internode is going to do:

ADELAIDE-BASED ISP Internode is considering using filtering systems to contain rampant growth in peer-to-peer internet traffic across its network.

Internode product manager Jim Kellett said the company was examining the technology after it announced that it had jacked up the price its high-end broadband internet services by up to 30 per cent. “It’s certainly an area of technology that we’re keeping a close eye on,” Mr Kellett said.

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