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Rone · 15-12-2004, 10:27

An interesting point was made on the news media last night, really late on.
The Film industry is looking at making DVD movies, downloadable over the net, you pay to d\load, [as is done with music] and burn it yourself, and they get a share of the market they are missing out on. I'm not going to start an argument on the price of music or dvds or software etc etc.
But it seems as speeds all over are getting to a point where all this is made possible, it might not happen.
We all want cheaper stuff, so it seems due to caps or bandwidth restrictions its going to come unstuck before it gets a chance.
I really dont know why speeds are being increased, ok so you can stream a bit of video faster, but web browsings almost as good at 300k as at 1.5.
If the system cannot cope, its hardly worth the new possibilities it should be opening up.

15-12-2004, 10:27	#56
Rone Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manchester South Services: BB XL Posts: 718	Re: NTL - New 1MB / 5GB Cap - should I subscribe @ 300k with NO CAP ? An interesting point was made on the news media last night, really late on. The Film industry is looking at making DVD movies, downloadable over the net, you pay to d\load, [as is done with music] and burn it yourself, and they get a share of the market they are missing out on. I'm not going to start an argument on the price of music or dvds or software etc etc. But it seems as speeds all over are getting to a point where all this is made possible, it might not happen. We all want cheaper stuff, so it seems due to caps or bandwidth restrictions its going to come unstuck before it gets a chance. I really dont know why speeds are being increased, ok so you can stream a bit of video faster, but web browsings almost as good at 300k as at 1.5. If the system cannot cope, its hardly worth the new possibilities it should be opening up.