Net Under Threat?

dj_kiwi · 04-29-2008, 04:54 AM

Does online video threaten the net?
There is no doubt that video is big on the net. But is it getting too big?

Full Story here..

Jack.Sparrow · 04-29-2008, 05:12 AM

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the burgeoning amount of video would consume all the net's bandwidth in two years.

I don't know about that. I've just never seen the internet having a limited about of bandwidth ... Certainly was an interesting read though.

**Rhort** · 04-29-2008, 05:20 AM

I feel that most of this is just ISPs whinging about having to actually supply the service people are paying for. Up to now, they've got away with charging people for X megabits of cnx speed, then slapping a 'bandwidth limit' (according to their 'Fair Usage Policy', which is invariably neither fair, nor useful) meaning that if they ever actually got their cnx speed up to max, they could use it for about eight hours a month before they hit their limit.

Now that it's coming to the point where an increasing number of people are actually using their 'bandwidth limit' (which, I must just point out, they DON'T get a rebate on their bill for if they use under this value) to the full, because they're looking at more videos, etc. the ISPs who've had an easy ride of it now (their only hardship having been how to get the wheelbarrow full of money to the bank at the end of the month) are suddenly coming to terms with the fact that more and more people are going to start complaining about these arbitrary restrictions they've thus far got away with enforcing, and it might actually mean they need to invest some of the money they're currently stuffing under their matress in upgrading their cores to give us this 'Information Superhighway' we've been promised for so long.

**sobeit** · 04-29-2008, 09:13 AM

its all a scam to get people to start thinking about price increases and service packages. Keep saying it enough times and people will actually think its true.

04-29-2008, 04:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
dj_kiwi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Swansea - South Wales Posts: 167 OS: Vista Ultimate 32- WinXP Pro - Linux My System	Net Under Threat? Does online video threaten the net? There is no doubt that video is big on the net. But is it getting too big? Full Story here.. __________________ Computer games dont kill people, people kill people!

04-29-2008, 05:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Rhort Waster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 639 OS: XP SP1	Re: Net Under Threat? I feel that most of this is just ISPs whinging about having to actually supply the service people are paying for. Up to now, they've got away with charging people for X megabits of cnx speed, then slapping a 'bandwidth limit' (according to their 'Fair Usage Policy', which is invariably neither fair, nor useful) meaning that if they ever actually got their cnx speed up to max, they could use it for about eight hours a month before they hit their limit. Now that it's coming to the point where an increasing number of people are actually using their 'bandwidth limit' (which, I must just point out, they DON'T get a rebate on their bill for if they use under this value) to the full, because they're looking at more videos, etc. the ISPs who've had an easy ride of it now (their only hardship having been how to get the wheelbarrow full of money to the bank at the end of the month) are suddenly coming to terms with the fact that more and more people are going to start complaining about these arbitrary restrictions they've thus far got away with enforcing, and it might actually mean they need to invest some of the money they're currently stuffing under their matress in upgrading their cores to give us this 'Information Superhighway' we've been promised for so long.

04-29-2008, 09:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
sobeit Mentor Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 3,743 OS: windows/linux	Re: Net Under Threat? its all a scam to get people to start thinking about price increases and service packages. Keep saying it enough times and people will actually think its true. __________________ Do not feed the trolls.