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Originally Posted by Ed in Tx
I wonder how that will conflict with ISP companies like Comcast and Time Warner limiting monthly download amounts to as little as 40 GB? Comcast has limited to 250 GB which should be fine for most, but Time Warner is talking 40 GB limits. Others will probably follow that trend if they are successful.
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While true, the actual trend of the market is greater and greater end-user speeds, both upload and download, so while this could be their policy right now, it won't hold. The internet and people's need to use it for almost every form of information gathering are here to stay, and likely will become more and more intrinsically linked. So, I wouldn't bank on imposed bandwidth limitations by various providers to hold out. At first, they may raise them, but as time goes on and more optics are laid in the ground, speeds will go up, as will the number of users purchasing it. Time will tell, however, if they drop the limitations altogether (which seems unlikely) or if they raise them to allow unencumbered streaming of high definition video.