Blockbuster Broadband Video Box A Disappointment > Would be...

said by ctceo:

I would have to say that I'd enjoy these types of gizmos if my ISP wasn't gonna punish me for doing so or even further limit my ability to enjoy it.

Imagine your wanting to watch a DVD quality movie in one room but your son is in the other room playing Runes of Magic, your wife is in the office uploading her latest book to be published and downloading the latest version of OpenOffice. You begin to select your feature film of choice, and press play. The movie begins to studder, and loose sync or pause and buffer. You think to yourself what could be going wrong. Upon further inspection you find out that if you have Cable you've reached your throttle point and are being FAP'ed for 10 or 20 minutes. Then a month later (if you have what the DSL companies are trying) an overage charge in the amount of $3 for the movie you watched, and maybe many others.

Sound Far fetched, well it isn't. Were on the verge of a whole new way for companies to get a little more money (if you choose to go along and/or pay).

There's nothing like paying $15 for your 768DN DSL, only to find out that you have to upgrade the next month to increase your cap to get the extra data needed to save the overages for which you choose the 768 pack 2 months back.

said by ctceo:

I would have to say that I'd enjoy these types of gizmos if my ISP wasn't gonna punish me for doing so or even further limit my ability to enjoy it.

Imagine your wanting to watch a DVD quality movie in one room but your son is in the other room playing Runes of Magic, your wife is in the office uploading her latest book to be published and downloading the latest version of OpenOffice. You begin to select your feature film of choice, and press play. The movie begins to studder, and loose sync or pause and buffer. You think to yourself what could be going wrong. Upon further inspection you find out that if you have Cable you've reached your throttle point and are being FAP'ed for 10 or 20 minutes. Then a month later (if you have what the DSL companies are trying) an overage charge in the amount of $3 for the movie you watched, and maybe many others.

Sound Far fetched, well it isn't. Were on the verge of a whole new way for companies to get a little more money (if you choose to go along and/or pay).

There's nothing like paying $15 for your 768DN DSL, only to find out that you have to upgrade the next month to increase your cap to get the extra data needed to save the overages for which you choose the 768 pack 2 months back.