It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I agree Cable provider's real concern is customers doing an end run around their offerings by using the Internet to access content.
Using caps to control congestion is a pretty weak argument as congestion is result of peak data transfer not something averaged over the month.
To put caps into perspective a 90 minute HD movie or TV program is about 14 GB.
To put caps into perspective a 90 minute HD movie or TV program is about 14 GB.
From what service? Netflix HD streams are not even anywhere close to that size. I think it really has to do with what they are being encoded with. I watch many movies streamed to my TV via Netflix and they are all right around 800 MB..Of course these are standard definition. HD pushes roughly 1.5-2 Gigs. -- Block Accounts | UseNet Now