On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:10 PM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: [snip] > gets a 200 amp electrical service. The problem with that notion is > that A) consumers are hooked on "unlimited," and B) your toaster Consumers aren't getting "unlimited right now". They're getting (unknown number of databytes)/month, before the ISP speed caps, throttles, rate limits them or turns them off for "excessive usage".
> doesn't get hacked and start consuming 200 amps all day without your > knowledge. Your toaster is plugged into an outlet that probably has a 20 amp circuit breaker on it. If someone hacks it without your knowledge to eat 200 amps, it will get turned off. A similar mechanism could be built into network CPEs. -- -JH
