quote Originally posted by JazzMan: Be interesting how that long-term strategy of streaming works out as ISPs work hard to destroy net neutrality and add ever-decreasing bandwidth data caps. Verizon Wireless for instance caps at a rate that allows you to watch about one and a third HD movies a month and then that's it for internet. The wired services are better, for now, but every bandwidth provider out there has discovered that it's cheaper to cut customer bandwidth than it is to spend money on adding infrastructure, resulting in the bandwidth pie being divided into ever-thinner slices for incoming customers.

Same thing I was wondering about.

We all know a cap of some sort is coming. I think if the ISP's had their own streaming service that they made money off of we wouldn't have to worry, but unless a company that makes money from unlimited* bandwith really pushes we as consumers are screwed. (We could also vote with our wallets, but Americans are not tough enough anymore to do that.)

Brad

*We all know it's not really unlimited, just really high currently.

quote Originally posted by JazzMan: Verizon Wireless for instance caps at a rate that allows you to watch about one and a third HD movies a month and then that's it for internet.

VW doesn't want you to stream anythings, especially high bandwidth. (Netflix and others uses more compression for phones than Computer Wii etc... phones have smaller screens.) Streaming is one of problem that breaks ATT network in some markets, like NYC Philly etc, from dropping call and a refusing to connect call, even sent basic text, because smart phone use to much bandwidth. Streaming smart phone use up bandwidth like crazy and can overload network. Plus sells Smart Phones out place improvement network in big markets. ATT and other can't build network fast enough so solution? just cap data and be done with streaming problem.

Building network is not a simple as building new "towers." NYC and other cities... Sites for towers is has to get building to use, zoning for towers, and allot of other thing before tower can be build. Can takes years to get new towers site.

Comcast 250Gb cap can be run out with Netflix and others streaming content but most customers won't hit limit. Comcast's Ondemand is a direct competitor to Netflix etc Streaming.
see also https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum6/HTML/083879.html

On topic...
We've downgrade to streaming only. Unlimited dvd? Wasn't worth it to get 1-2 DVD a month for $7.99... Netflix send it, sit on table few days to a couple of weeks to get around to watch it, send back and so on...
We watch allot of series... Many old ones... Trying to watch Fullmetal Alchemist on TV and missing an episode or two....

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Just changed my plan to streaming only. I had 1-DVD at a time, but I hardly ever watch them. I have the same DVD shipped to me for the past two months.

It's getting returned, and I'm all streaming for now on. For $8 a month, that isn't bad.