 SLDPremium
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Re: Unicast HD video will drive industry to traffic cost model Actually, if the FCC ever does its job and fosters some competition, we'll see new players provide flat-rate billing just for these scenerios, just like we see multiple bandwidth offerings at datacenters. Considering the cost of gas went down after the 1970s as it drew new players into a profitable market, Internet access will enjoy the same benefits. Of course, only if the gov't starts killing the mono-duopoly infrastruture. |
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| This already happens even within providers. Comcast has a 250 GB residential cap. If you don't like it, get a starter business account. Comcast will even move your residential account over to a starter business account. They did this for me.
I think the starter business account is rumored to have a soft 2.0-2.5 TB cap. The cost for the starter business account is $60 a month, some manage to get basic cable tossed in for free.
Eventually, people are going to get video content over internet, and use tremendous quantities of bandwidth per month. This will impose significant costs to ISP's on last mile infrastructure.
The price difference Comcast charges from going from residential to starter business is about $18 per month. I don't consider that unreasonable.
Comcast has good reason to be concerned about IPTV. It can and will eventually damage its cable TV business. If all they do is charge a few bucks more for a much higher cap, I don't set it as a major problem.
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