Thats true, that business model is dependant on good connectivity and no dropping of packets because of traffic overloads as happened 10 years ago on the MAE-East thing you mentioned.
But I thought you said that competition was the answer to this type of problem? Why hand them a tool that has clear potential for abuse? DRE On 5/2/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:5:206083 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
