Because they want to guarantee delivery of on-demand content like movies and videos. That's where the money is, but the whole business model only works if consumers have a good experience. If you pay $5 for a movie and you see all sorts of skips, pauses, and so forth because all the kids in the neighboorhood are playing Halo, are you going to use that service again? No freakin' way.
On 5/2/06, DRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As long as they don't shut anyone out, I don't > > have a problem with it. > > > > > And you just trust them not to? > > I wonder why they are spending SOOO much money on this if its just an > extreme condition which "only comes into play when available bandwidth is > saturated." > > > -- > DRE > www.webmachineinc.com > www.theanticool.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206077 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
