 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to kapil
Re: Nope said by kapil:Try as you might TW, Comcast and AT&T, you will not succeed long-term in gouging consumers. Nope. They forget MS, Sony, Amazon, Google and Netflix among others are trying to make money off digital downloading and online video and caps hurt that. Do they think they can mess with those guys and get away with it? Doesn't Sony own A LOT of content? It would suck if they told all the cable companies they weren't allowed to show any of that content anymore now would it?
MS just announce 1080p movies and full game downloads for XBL. How are you going to get people to rent a 1080p movie when they have a 40 GB cap and $1 or more per GB overage. a 720p movie is about 6 GB so that makes a 1080p movie what 12-15 GB? XBOX 360 games run about 7-9 GB. How do you get people to buy games if they're going to pay an extra $8 for the game because of some cap?
Don't Google and Amazon own a lot of pipe? Did it ever occur to the cable guys at some point in the future it may be necessary to have access to that? Be funny if they were told NO. |
iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Sony likes the old way of doing things (cable video etc.). However Netflix et al might show some nice muscle. "Sorry, you can't use YouTube because it might go over your cap. Please switch internet providers." Heheheh. |
