Rogers explains ‘shaping' policy

[Stephen]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> The question is how they should divy up the bandwidth.
>   
I thought that this was addressed well.

They divvy up the bandwidth by partitioning the residential bandwidth so 
most is for downloading,
and little is for uploading.

Most domestic uploading (measured by volume) is file sharing of 
copyrighted  videos.

By limiting uploads, they are limiting the amount of this data that can 
enter the Internet "cloud"

This has the consequence of limiting downloads of this data.

Legitimate servers that do not have small upload pipes can feed the 
cloud at much higher transfer
rates.

Stephen
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