network abuse

[tsukikage]

Dad made me uninstall Bit Torrent today, telling me to never install anything like it again. He's convinced that one of my file sharing programs is the reason behind the network constantly failing. He also sees my downloading of 250 meg .avi files as an abuse of our internet connection. Patrick says that BT couldn't possibly be what's breaking the network, and I don't understand how downloading media is an abuse of our connection. Maybe it makes webpages load more slowly, but in my mind the advantage of high-speed internet is not fast page loading, but the ability to reasonably download multimedia. I understand him just as much as if he said keeping this journal was an abuse of our network...
I'm really, really hungry, but I'd have to go downstairs to eat, and I feel uncomfortable being around my dad right now.

Comments

[disheveledhair.livejournal.com]

Well you could always do what I do when the "man" insists I "never install something like that again!" and just install it when you need to use it (to download your PGSM) and then uninstall imediately. I know that's kind of a pain but it's better than no PGSM. Unless that'll get you in a world of trouble you don't want and then don't do it. But I'm sayin.

*hug* Sorry to hear that =0\

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ^_^ I may just do that. ><;
What are your "man"'s reasons?

[disheveledhair.livejournal.com]

He calls YIM spyware. He's a moron. I don't listen to him, but with bigger programs (especially like Kazaa which fills the computer full of crap anyway) I do that and use them only when needed.