| $$ piracy sells broadband subscriptions and drives growth/profits
the same can be said about porn
the same can be said about free and fee content
so goes the quandary.. do ISPs risk cutting off subscribers at the risk of losing the $ubscription$? after all, their bread isn't buttered at the riaa / mpaa, now is it?
many isps in their advertising campaigns have touted the benefits of downloading audio (mp3s) and video (many file formats & sources), even online gaming as reasons to subscribe to high speed internet services... if the content somehow goes away and that benefit isn't so great anymore.. well, you can only guess what will happen-- Docsis 3 & FTTN/P won't seem so attractive anymore at any price
how much interference will customers tolerate?
We'll start to see the results this year of AT&T's net filters, Comcasts throttling of p2p & online gaming (ex. WOW), Time Warner's trial data caps and others. No doubt customers will be angry enough to vote with their feet & wallet. |
