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P2P traffic drops while streaming grows exponentially
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article published on 7 September, 2008
According to new data figures from PlusNet, P2P traffic has declined significantly over the past year and legal, streaming content has grown exponentially.
The figures show that P2P traffic is down 8.75 percent year-on-year while streaming content traffic is up 170 percent over the same period. More notably, streaming content traffic is rising almost 9 percent per month, at a very steady ... [ read the full article ]
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7. September 2008 @ 14:14 |
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Indeed, plus if legal streaming (HD or not) content gets an even bigger chunk of the pie maybe it will force Comcrap to remove the bandwidth cap they are imposing in October.
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susieqbbb
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8. September 2008 @ 01:37 |
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But you need to also understand that even if Comcast didn't have the cap...
Sooner or later they will be sued for false advertising.
Because they advertise that they are the fastest connection that they are faster then dsl and because of them advertising this way they will get in trouble.
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8. September 2008 @ 02:38 |
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Originally posted by susieqbbb:
But you need to also understand that even if Comcast didn't have the cap...
Sooner or later they will be sued for false advertising.
Because they advertise that they are the fastest connection that they are faster then dsl and because of them advertising this way they will get in trouble.
Well what you are saying is a bit different, at least the way I interpret it.
The "Bandwidth Cap" isn't a speed limiter, it is a traffic limiter.
You can download/upload as fast as the connection allows ("Faster than DSL" according to Comcast) but you can only download or upload to a limit (250GB) before they cut you off.
Other companies that offer DSL, Cable, and other connection types, haven't billed themselves as "Unlimited" if they are capped.
The only way Comcast is gonna get sued for false advertising is if they continue to say it is "Unlimited" after they impose the cap.
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oappi
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8. September 2008 @ 14:38 |
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lol @ susieqbbb
Well maybe they should stop advertising their service as "fastest" if it isn´t... simple as that and no one gets sued.
This just proved that there was demand that wasn´t been filled by other way. So mostly it was their own fault. I can give yet another good hint to slash illeagel download with good %. Start making world wide movie releases. Most people dont want to watch crappy cam versio of movie, but they have to if they want to see the movie before it is been sold on dvd. Some times it takes over half a year before movie gets to some european countries (and sometimes they are never shown in theaters i think underworld 2 never came here where i live)... thats total bs
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zylene
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11. September 2008 @ 10:38 |
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That drop in percentage isnt coming from me.
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Mez
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15. September 2008 @ 08:33 |
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Bandwidth is still bandwidth. Comcrap and the other cable companies need that bandwidth for the ir HD TV. Piracy was only an excuse to bang some heads. They will need a cap or a surcharge for heavy use even if it is leagal. This will hasten not slow down the inevitable.
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