Title: FOX25 Special Report: Bandwidth Hogs

" We have to the Internet for just about everything. Welcome Upton moves different things a little -- and yes -- it means -- grandparents. Music games. But you haven't noticed that sometimes the way it seems to be creeping along at a snail's pace. -- clock I notice it can be pretty slow at times. Sometimes it. Well the reason for the slowdown might mean -- have up bandwidth on in your neighborhood. Angela Cox I've never even heard of it you may never heard of them but at one time or another your Internet speed they have been affected because of one. That's -- people will download music and movies really large files gigabyte filed. At the same time and they are slowing down the Internet for everybody in the neighborhood. Roberts is solely on notice that its and its security expert he says the explosion of file sharing sites like lime wire bearer share and has not. Which let you download music games dvd quality movies and other large files had made downloading more popular. Helping to bog down the bandwidth available for the rest of us this. Nothing illegal about being a -- with fog but ultimately you can't be penalized for doing."

" Putting limits on -- but there's a trend that -- all Internet service providers or at least taking a look at. Last month Comcast announced that 250 gigabyte limit each month for customers. If you go over after receiving warnings that service could be canceled. But to reach them and you'd have to send fifteen million plain text emails dabbled approximately 62500. Songs. 125 standard definition movies or upload 25000. High risk votes. AT and see the country's largest Internet service provider recently said it would start testing limits on band with Hughes for its customers as well. And customers who exceed the limit may end up paying a dollar per extra gigabyte used."

" This is a new thrust. By these providers that's. Really it's worth debating and and stepping carefully. Into this. And to this new ground."

" Putting limits on what people can do on line since the Internet is -- owned by anyone is seen as a problem for -- Mike Rabelo as a professor of computer science at Boston University who has studied Internet measurement for ten years."

" It's all the measurements show that the Internet performance in the US. I'm on the whole is extremely good and it's been so it's been getting better European European year. He believes Internet traffic isn't the issue with being with pox it's the cost providers have to pay. Based on the amount of traffic that they send into the rest of them up. Their costs depend on how much traffic sent so they have a an incentive. To throttle the folks who. -- said using but disproportionately large share."

" Those considered to be using more than they share is small some say less than 5% of Internet users but some Internet service providers are exploring their options with tiered pricing for Internet service similar to a cell phone plan the more you use. The more you pay way to fight back against the hawks. It's really don't -- photo. O'Brien who hides out there you may want to wean yourself stuff from your web -- only half its."

" If there are more more bandwidth hogs out there that eventually we're going to get -- for what they do."