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HD Video Could 'Choke the Internet'?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-like-the-internet-breathing dept.

richdun writes "Yahoo! is carrying an AP story explaining how ISPs are worried large streaming videos could 'choke the Internet.' This is used as a yet another reason for tiered pricing for access to content providers." From the article: "Most home Internet use is in brief bursts -- an e-mail here, a Web page there. If people start watching streaming video like they watch TV -- for hours at a time -- that puts a strain on the Internet that it wasn't designed for, ISPs say, and beefing up the Internet's capacity to prevent that will be expensive. To offset that cost, ISPs want to start charging content providers to ensure delivery of large video files, for example."

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  1. But wait! by Quick+Sick+Nick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    640k ought to be enough for everyone!

  2. ISPs and media companies... by Sargeant+Slaughter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They aren't much better than the oil companies. Sucking us dry and holding us back, their short term greed will be our demise. It won't long before we fall to the wayside wondering what the fuck happened.

    The digital revolution is upon us, adapt or be destroyed!

    "Dinasours must die."
    -NOFX

    --
    I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -Confucius
  3. Harley-Davidson, or Hard Drive or High Definition by thomasa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whenever I see the letters HD together, I first think of Harley-Davidson (definitely more fun than High Definition), secondly I think of Hard Drive, lastly and usually not at all, I think of High Definition.