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old_wiz_60

join:2005-06-03
Bedford, MA
Nice idea, but...

This could be wrecked by the ISPs starting to bill you via usage. When you get cable TV, for example, you can leave it on 24x7 and you're fine. If you tried that with your internet connection you'd be kicked off.

blips

join:2001-04-17
Addison, IL


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said by old_wiz_60 See Profile :

This could be wrecked by the ISPs starting to bill you via usage. When you get cable TV, for example, you can leave it on 24x7 and you're fine. If you tried that with your internet connection you'd be kicked off.
I agree. Innovation on the internet will be completely stifled by ISP caps. Internet video will go no where fast. Don't expect the percentage of people downloading from the internet jump significantly.


beerbum
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join:2000-05-06
Reading, PA
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said by blips See Profile :

said by old_wiz_60 See Profile :

This could be wrecked by the ISPs starting to bill you via usage. When you get cable TV, for example, you can leave it on 24x7 and you're fine. If you tried that with your internet connection you'd be kicked off.
I agree. Innovation on the internet will be completely stifled by ISP caps. Internet video will go no where fast. Don't expect the percentage of people downloading from the internet jump significantly.
Why do you think Comcast started the trend by implimenting their 250GB cap..?

I've said this over and over again to the point of sounding like a broken record over the years - Cable companies such as Comcast see Internet video as a direct threat to their video monopolies - and will do everything they can to keep Internet Video to just being a very small niche that is no threat to them.


BF69

join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN

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said by blips See Profile :

said by old_wiz_60 See Profile :

This could be wrecked by the ISPs starting to bill you via usage. When you get cable TV, for example, you can leave it on 24x7 and you're fine. If you tried that with your internet connection you'd be kicked off.
I agree. Innovation on the internet will be completely stifled by ISP caps. Internet video will go no where fast. Don't expect the percentage of people downloading from the internet jump significantly.
Caps are temporary. In a couple of years or less they will either go away or be high enough that it's not an issue. Even right now to go over Comcast's 250 GB you'd have to watch 9.5 hours of video a day assuming it's streamed at 2 Mbps which most video isn't streamed anywhere near that.

ITALIAN926

join:2003-08-16
Stratford, CT
reply to blips
Absolutely right, TVip has absolutely no future, dont invest your money in it. The only people who will offer TVip will be the ISP's themselves.
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