If you are in the right place at, or very near a major IX point where there's a carrier POP in the same building as you, and it's as easy as them turning up a new 1310nm/LX 10Gb port on an aggregation router, more like $0.10/Mbps...
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > The divide between urban and rural connectivity is widening at a > terrifying pace. > > 10G is lower than 0.20/Mb in many places now. > > - Josh > > On Jun 21, 2017 10:51 AM, "Steve Jones" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> metered billing.. wave of the future >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I read some scary stuff the other day along a similar vein. >>> >>> Basically if you're selling 25mbps then you'll need a 4:1 >>> oversubscription ratio to support peak hours hi def streaming without >>> complaint. >>> As adoption of 4K video increases, that ratio will approach 1:1. You'll >>> have to either start supplying 100meg, or start billing for >>> consumption....or jack the price way up. >>> >>> They were looking only at streaming video trends, and didn't even >>> consider stuff like this. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: "Jeremy" <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> >>> To: af@afmug.com >>> Sent: 6/21/2017 1:03:09 AM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ready for the Xbox one X and 100GB games? >>> >>> Yeah, this sucks for us. Even worse, many of these games come out with >>> dual licenses so that you can play on Windows 10 or XB1 for the same >>> purchase. I bought a couple games and checked it out. It was amazing to >>> be able to just continue my Halo Wars right where I left off on my laptop, >>> but it was double the download size. This makes Forza potentially 200GB, >>> without DLC. When you are providing customers 300-500GB per month without >>> overages it makes heavy Xbox customers very quickly switch providers. I'm >>> not sure if that is a blessing or a curse. For now, it has not been a >>> gigantic churn issue for us, but the future of 4K content will likely hit >>> us all pretty hard. >>> >>> My main issue with this is that purchasing a disc is not an option. I >>> initially bought discs, only to find that even after ripping them to the >>> hard drive, I have to walk down to the network closet to insert the disc. >>> Digitally purchased games can just be loaded from a menu, like all of the >>> hacked consoles. There is no option to 'upgrade' to a digital license if >>> you have purchased a disc. Also, if you own multiple Xbox One consoles >>> (say at home and at work), you can play any of your games on either >>> console, at any time, just not simultaneously. Discs are now useless to >>> me. The only way to get this digital license is to download it from the >>> Internet (or hack the console...not yet an option). This has been a big >>> bummer to heavy Xbox users when they get hit with massive overages, and >>> they usually switch to Comcast. >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This will be the new normal with the next generation Xbox, when many >>>> customers start bringing them home... >>>> >>>> https://m.hardocp.com/news/2017/06/18/forza_motorsport_7_wil >>>> l_be_100gb_download >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>
