Cable and services like Vios and Uverse will win out becaue broadband needs wired. The bandwidth isn't there for future needs of high speed Internet.
ISPs are capping download, this is going to kill Netflix as more and more people demand high def content.
Right now if you download a two hour Blu ray encoded with x.264 (h.264) to an MKV container, it'll be approx 8gb.
With a DSL cap of 150gb that's 18.75 high def movies a month. If you want to download the Blu Ray disc without encoding it, it can be anywhere from 21gb to 35gb, depending on the movie.
What the wired services do will simply say, you can download the high def movie from Netflix for 8gb or you can get the same movie from our pay per view and it doesn't count against your cap.
What we need is an REA (Rural Electrification Act) for broadband. Like in the Great Depression they wired the country in rural areas for electricity. Broadband's future should be in wire. Kentucky was the last state to be declared officially wired in 1953. Though small pocket in the USA without electricity exist, they aren't common.
I think our TV system is outdated, using affiliates to deliver content. But we're stuck with that and it won't change. The same way we're stuck with the Electoral College
What we really need is to develop more way to get more ISPs access to every home so there can be real competition. Look how far long distance rates fell. I remember in 1985 a half hour call to my friend in Christchurch NZ would run me $150.00 but now I can do it for a few bucks and talk much longer.
ISPs are capping download, this is going to kill Netflix as more and more people demand high def content.
Right now if you download a two hour Blu ray encoded with x.264 (h.264) to an MKV container, it'll be approx 8gb.
With a DSL cap of 150gb that's 18.75 high def movies a month. If you want to download the Blu Ray disc without encoding it, it can be anywhere from 21gb to 35gb, depending on the movie.
What the wired services do will simply say, you can download the high def movie from Netflix for 8gb or you can get the same movie from our pay per view and it doesn't count against your cap.
What we need is an REA (Rural Electrification Act) for broadband. Like in the Great Depression they wired the country in rural areas for electricity. Broadband's future should be in wire. Kentucky was the last state to be declared officially wired in 1953. Though small pocket in the USA without electricity exist, they aren't common.
I think our TV system is outdated, using affiliates to deliver content. But we're stuck with that and it won't change. The same way we're stuck with the Electoral College
What we really need is to develop more way to get more ISPs access to every home so there can be real competition. Look how far long distance rates fell. I remember in 1985 a half hour call to my friend in Christchurch NZ would run me $150.00 but now I can do it for a few bucks and talk much longer.