| All ISPs effectively oversell their bandwidth unless they run with a 1:1 contention ratio (and people don't want to pay for that).
I think it's ridiculous that Tiscali want the BBC to help support their failing business model. As an ISP it is their job to sell bandwidth to the consumer, and if they can't manage that they are failing as an ISP. I don't get why Tiscali have such a problem with this. If the customer uses more bandwidth, charge them more money to reflect the fact it costs them more to provide it. I think the problem must be Tiscali have used the "unlimited" term for so long on their packages, they hate the thought of having to get rid of it. |