One company, Fronteir wants to go as low as 5 gigs a month....That's maybe a movie, Hulu? forget about it, Itunes?, forget about it...
We need to pay attention to this stuff... Heath "The Artist" www.?????.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <jay.dedman@> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Heath <heathparks@> 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_c aps > > > > 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 > > >
