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join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
 ·Cingular Wireless
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RE: It's not just BitTorrent BitTorrent is just ashiny coating designed as an excuse/scapegoat for MSO's REAL problem: Competing content providers. And caps and throttling sure ain't the answer.
Throw in about 5-6 hrs of YouTube, Netflix, Xbox Live, a few WoW patches, Windows Update, the latest few Linux ISO's, Apple TV, iTunes..... need I say more? The list goes on and on. Throw in a network of 3 computers each doing the above activities at least twice a week each, along with IPTV/other forms of direct set-top box downloads, and you immediately go well over that 100 GB cap/month. And that doesn't even count that people expect hi-def 1080p streaming, given the monster speeds Comcast advertises.
The above uses might not be significant today, but hey, ten years ago, your internet was nothing more than text and a few ftp sites, and the occasional JPEG floating around. No one had iTunes-style access to MP3's in their wildest daydreams. Once people start getting set-top, IP-based systems like Apple TV or Xbox, they'll discover the benefits of having that merged with OTA ATSC broadcasts. With those two, and a little more user-friendliness and fewer restrictions, cable and satellite will have to stay WAY ahead of the game to keep up.
And btw, 500 GB will only be to sweeten the blow a bit. As demand for multimedia increases, cableco's will begin becoming harsher on many more, and step by step, they'll get to work eliminating the next "top 1%" of users. It'll turn into a demented wash-and-rinse cycle. Like it? |
