Comments on: Will slow broadband stall the streaming revolution? http://14sandwiches.com/2009/03/09/will-slow-broadband-stall-the-streaming-revolution/ A technology-media-music party for your brain Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:03:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mombasa1969 http://14sandwiches.com/2009/03/09/will-slow-broadband-stall-the-streaming-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-49754 Mombasa1969 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:06:47 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=606#comment-49754 Lol streaming will never kill pre-recorded formats, like you say thanks to crappy broadband infrastructure, my ISP has just capped me at 1mps because of 'fair usage policy' even though I pay for UNLIMITED usage, so it isn't unlimted is it BT?<br><br>watching the download of a HD movie at the moment, running at blistering 33.3kb/sec, lol so much for the download/streaming digital revolution.<br><br>Anyway I'm off to Blockbuster to hire some Blu-ray's at least that's one thing I can trust rofl. Lol streaming will never kill pre-recorded formats, like you say thanks to crappy broadband infrastructure, my ISP has just capped me at 1mps because of 'fair usage policy' even though I pay for UNLIMITED usage, so it isn't unlimted is it BT?

watching the download of a HD movie at the moment, running at blistering 33.3kb/sec, lol so much for the download/streaming digital revolution.

Anyway I'm off to Blockbuster to hire some Blu-ray's at least that's one thing I can trust rofl.

]]> By: ontarioemperor http://14sandwiches.com/2009/03/09/will-slow-broadband-stall-the-streaming-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-5694 ontarioemperor Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:15:22 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=606#comment-5694 Excellent post re the bandwidth (and the RAM) limiting our move to the cloud.<br><br>Perhaps I'm a Luddite, but another issue is portability; tangible solutions such as CDs and DVDs are actually more portable than cloud-based services. I still tend to buy CDs rather than download music, especially since the last time I downloaded music, it was from MSN Music (which no longer exists). Perhaps the technical rules are changing, but if you're dependent upon a service to house your data, you have to deal with the risk of the service disappearing one day. Excellent post re the bandwidth (and the RAM) limiting our move to the cloud.

Perhaps I'm a Luddite, but another issue is portability; tangible solutions such as CDs and DVDs are actually more portable than cloud-based services. I still tend to buy CDs rather than download music, especially since the last time I downloaded music, it was from MSN Music (which no longer exists). Perhaps the technical rules are changing, but if you're dependent upon a service to house your data, you have to deal with the risk of the service disappearing one day.

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