RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
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Re: Sucking up.... said by Varlik:The bigger question is how many companies will be able to afford the higher QOS tier. And how many consumers will be able and willing to take the hit to they're wallet when costs get passed on to them. Question for you then: How much extra do you think cable companies charge for HD content? Is $10/mo or more extra for a HD STB too much of a "hit to they're [sic] wallet"? Would you pay that same $10/mo extra to get a QoS'd IPTV HD stream path from your ISP?
The cable companies are perfectly content to hold HD hostage for higher fees. Without getting into the silly ideological or political debate (which is as sensible as debating religion at this point) what would you be willing to pay?
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 VarlikWithout Honor You Will Never Be FreePremium
join:2002-01-06
Anderson, SC
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Re: Sucking up.... said by RadioDoc:Question for you then: How much extra do you think cable companies charge for HD content? Is $10/mo or more extra for a HD STB too much of a "hit to they're [sic] wallet"? Would you pay that same $10/mo extra to get a QoS'd IPTV HD stream path from your ISP? The cable companies are perfectly content to hold HD hostage for higher fees. Without getting into the silly ideological or political debate (which is as sensible as debating religion at this point) what would you be willing to pay? I'd be willing to pay the price the cable company wants. Because in the long run it will be cheaper IMO. It's my affirm belief that many of the companies providing HSI long to make it per the byte for the consumer.
And charge companies more for their connection and bandwidth via the two tiered system to ensure QOS. Companies who buy into the HSI providers system will just pass those fees onto all their consumers. If I support HDnet I end up supporting the two tiered system.
I do agree with you on the hostage part by the cable companies though. But I suspect this will change suddenly in a few years.
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 DryvlyneFar Beyond DrivenPremium
join:2004-08-30
Newark, OH | Good point about companies longing to charge consumers on a per byte basis. I can see Internet access being metered in the future just like water, gas and electric. If consumer A spends 1,000 hours online in one month then his/her bill will be proportionate to that amount of usage. Unfortunately, I imagine this kind of situation would be utopian for cableco and telco ISPs, I just hope I don't see it in my lifetime. |
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