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Because bandwidth is not free. A lot of ISPs are monitoring bandwidth usage and instituting caps. we pay a ridiculously small amount of money for the amount of bandwidth I receive. OTOH, if everybody was to max out their bandwidth, ISPs would have no choice but to a) reduce bandwidth or b) increase prices.
It's doubtful that the equipment was paid '5 years ago'. 5 year old equipment is due to be replaced, you've got maintenance costs, staff costs, bandwidth costs, infrastructure maintenance costs. Overhead is NOT minimal.
Scoff at it all you want, I would not like to see the cops seize my gear because someone's been pedling child porn or hate lit of my IP address.
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Dell Axim X5 400 A05. WM2003. iGPS-CF. Mapopolis 4.42
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