Quote Originally Posted by NetherMischiefDemon View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Allie Juspeczyk View Post
except that's a silly argument, since most people would pay for the internet even if they didn't pirate stuff.
This. I sincerely doubt anyone uses their internet connection just for pirating.
Most people only need really basic cheap Internet plans. Those who pay extra for larger bandwidth and don't pirate are just wasting money, as that's really the only reasonable thing to do with such bandwidth for the average home Internet user.

In either case, most ISP's provide newsgroups to all their customers, so I don't know why we're arguing about paying extra to download stuff.