MarkHofmann
@lifebridgehealth.org | Speaking of caps..
It is interesting how Comcast released their official cap limits one month before the Xbox360's ability to stream movies and HD content from Netflix.
Very interesting..
Can anyone say "AntiTrust"????? |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| said by MarkHofmann :
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Can anyone say "AntiTrust"?????
can anyone say "the feds don't give a sh1t"?
with the amount of regulatory capture* in the market right now, it will be years (if ever) before the market is consumer friendly.
*Regulatory capture is a term used to refer to situations in which a government regulatory agency created to act in the public interest instead acts in favor of the commercial or special interests that dominate in the industry or sector it is charged with regulating. |
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Cabal
Premium
join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA
| reply to MarkHofmann
said by MarkHofmann :
It is interesting how Comcast released their official cap limits one month before the Xbox360's ability to stream movies and HD content from Netflix. A lot less interesting than if they did it after.
said by MarkHofmann :
Very interesting..
Can anyone say "AntiTrust"?????
Nope. The 250 GB cap affects 0.01% of their users.
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by Cabal  :said by MarkHofmann :
It is interesting how Comcast released their official cap limits one month before the Xbox360's ability to stream movies and HD content from Netflix. A lot less interesting than if they did it after. said by MarkHofmann :
Very interesting..
Can anyone say "AntiTrust"?????
Nope. The 250 GB cap affects 0.01% of their users. TODAY it does. You could say back in 2003 that only 0.01% of thier users used 10 GB a month or more. To assume it will continue to be that small of a % is ignorant.
Besides is only 0.01 go voer that cap then they don't have much a badnwidth issue to need those caps anyways. Also a straight cap won't solve any potential bandwidth crunch anyways. At least not in any efficient manner. |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
 ·Embarq
| reply to MarkHofmann
said by MarkHofmann :
It is interesting how Comcast released their official cap limits one month before the Xbox360's ability to stream movies and HD content from Netflix.
Very interesting..
Can anyone say "AntiTrust"?????
I can say it, but with fewer and fewer providers it's the screaming man in the forrest thing.
Netflix offers (for the time being) unlimited streaming on about, what, 10-15% of their content? And you can do it with your PC or an Xbox or that $99 box they sell (another company makes it). Add Apple TV and PPV is under heavy fire. Sure, I don't get the newest stuff from instant netflix, but I get something other than garbage TV, and I need bandwidth to do it. Imagine watching an hour or two every night of streaming content. I could go web-only in no time: news from the web and stream my entertainment. Cable TV goes buh-bye once the stream quality improves. But that's when Comcast (and the like) become the stick in the spokes ... watch it and weep; there's no way these providers are going to let 'flix and the others stream for nothing.
Non-native content will either be labeled and capped as such (mo money) or tiered caps will become part of the sub model along with speeds.
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :To assume it will continue to be that small of a % is ignorant. Your should be careful to not assume that the limits of the caps won't increase over time as the infrastructure continues to be upgraded.said by BF69 :Also a straight cap won't solve any potential bandwidth crunch anyways. You're correct. Active traffic management, along with infrastructure upgrades, are necessary to mitigate sustained bandwidth crunches. |
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