evil notion
if every single webmaster send shitty** traffic there way and cause the following we should start seeing tubes close off:
1) servers capacity gets overloaded... thus causing more servers to be deployed (more cost).
2) bandwidth gets over an allowed maximum (most bigger tubes gets there bandwidth nearly for free... thus if one overflows them they would be cut by the provider)
3) techies cost goes up as there are MORE and MORE broken things to attend to... one thing is very clear... every single php/mysql system breaks if scaled over its capacity...
such an attack would be more effective if the traffic can be controlled and turned onto a tube by will...
all the traffic gets controlled via a dedicated server someone sponsor ... and gets returned to you (kind of like a gateway with tokens) once we see the traffic's volume is enough... send the traffic where it needs to go
** Non-US..Non-EU if a country doesn't sell on your content.. why waste your bandwidth bill? (yes i know its cheap but how many of these 3rd world countries ever buy memberships? not to often right)