The devil is in the detail, ie how large the cap is. I dont see anything to suggest that limits are low enough to stop you watching a few movies, but over the course of a month the gigabytes can really add up. I prefer daily cap's, and if they dont make them too low, it will be mostly ok. Not ideal for sure, but not the end of the internet by a long shot, we have lived with limits in the UK and it hasnt broken the internet or changed most people's behaviour.
All the same I wont get too complacent because over the coming years things could certainly change for the worst, but I dont predict utter doom on this front, there is a lot of big business that relies on the internet continuing mostly as we've known it so far. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just did another post about this from another communications > > company but now another big dog in the US is going to start limiting > > bandwidth....AT & T...I am telling you all, this is going to stiffle > > most video on the web, at some of these limits watching one movie > > over Netflix will put you over for the month. Things like VloMo, > > will go away....it's scary.....its real scary.... > > http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081104/ap_on_hi_te/tec_at_t_internet_caps > > im not sure its the death of the internet as we know it. > Im glad to see companies put transparent bandwidth limits...instead of > secretly cutting off users that they dont like. > > Now there is room for other companies to offer more bandwidth as a > competitive lever. > as a customer, more bandwidth would be an option I would look for when > choosing a provider. > > The problem is that in many areas in the US, there may be only one or > two broadband providers. > I have only one choice and the broadband limits suck. > > Jay > > > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 >
