bittorrent slow

[Gordon Messmer]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 March 2006 03:56, Mike McCarty wrote:
>> Florin Andrei wrote:
>>> I would go as far as saying that everyone should do that, but of
>>> course everyone using different ports.
>>> If nothing else, it would force ISPs to do layer 4 shaping, which is
>>> more expensive. Make the bastards bleed a little.
>> What an attitude. These people work hard trying to provide a good
>> service, and this is the thanks they get.
>>
>> Try saying something like that to your waiter next time.
> 
> Amen Mike, on this we agree.

I think there's a difference between waiters and ISPs.  I've never had a 
waiter serve my meal late because he doesn't like serving it.

Why is it legitimate for an ISP to sell you a link of a given bandwidth, 
and then tell you how you can use it?