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| Re: I seriously doubt youtube only started up in 2006, when broadband became popular in the United States. In other words, thanks to broadband, youtube was able to change how we consume video on the internet.
With further broadband development, we can only see an increase in innovation. The history of the internet is full of bandwidth-based innovation. The web itself only grew popular after the advent of 14.4k and then 28.8k modems. Streaming video begun its infancy at 33.6 and 56k modems. Napster and Kazaa would never have flourished were it not for DSL and Cable, and without broadband iTunes would never have been able to exist as a business model. Without broadband, you wouldn't have internet gaming, and xbox live would never have existed. Internet video rental services like XBL's and netflix streaming video wouldn't be here were it not for internetwork development.
As bandwidth increases, applications come up to use that bandwidth, and then bandwidth needs are increased again. Eventually there will be a limit, but 480kbps up and 2mbps down isn't it.
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