| ... Impact on customer base? I bet very little. Or more accurately, people will have to change how they do things.
When it hits my area I'll probably have to drop Vonage. Are you reading Vonage? My brief interest in VoD is all gone. Are you reading VoD suppliers? I've been looking at ad blockers again. Are you reading advertisers? Casual browsing will be limited. Are you reading everyone with a web site. I'll have to worry if the link I'm clicking will lead to a 100 KB page or 2 MB multimedia bonanza.
Hey Flash, your gone! Microsoft update, Silverlight, trial software, YouTube, Myspace, on and on - bye bye!
On the plus side, I'll be looking for a router that will throttle and cap my connection. I have children to keep under control. Vendors, are you reading? My modem will be off when not in use so I guess I'll save a little in electric. I'll also be looking for a real-time white-list browser add-on. With the click of every link a window pops up showing every url being requested, as it's requested, so that I can decide if they go through or not. We'll want to remove the crap before it gets downloaded and added to our bill.
So while many things are sure to die, there will be new opportunity out there. |
| In a nutshell, we'll have to treat web use like long distance, and I don't think any of us sat around killing time calling long distance. |
