Internet Service Providers To Start Charging For Bandwith

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

The NY Times gives a good overview - the bigger problem is that the content providers (studios, radio stations and TV networks) are gearing up to start offering their content on the Internet via streaming. Other businesses offering online data backups are reaching into consumer's homes. Bandwidth caps with high service fees will delay if not limit business growth. And think - every Youtube vid you watch will cost you. Might make us more selective eh? No more dancing rodents or Rick Roll vids.

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The article goes on to note that the caps being discussed could limit you to 30GB/month - every GB therafter will cost you $1. A streaming TV show will be around 300MB - which if my math is correct works out to around 3hrs TV a day. Or 3 hrs of movies a day. Or 3 hrs of Yotube vidding. Essentially think of 3 hrs for all of your streaming Internet a day.  But before you say: hey, no way am I using that much - remember if you're watching High Def on your new HDTV - you will have less than half of that amount. And don't forget - using Skype or phone services will count against you. And all of your online data backups. Playing games online?

"As the technology company Cisco put it in a recent report, “today’s ‘bandwidth hog’ is tomorrow’s average user.”

edited to add: Comcast is looking at a 250GB/month cap which is a bit more reasonable and works out to 8GB day. But still one hour of HDTV can eat up a large chunk of that amount. The NY Times blog points out :

Some see another motive. Bandwidth use is also on the rise because of legal uses of video, such as streaming shows on networks and movie downloads from Apple’s iTunes Store. As Internet video becomes more popular, it has the potential to threaten the core business of the cable television companies.

Indeed, Time Warner’s proposed caps are just low enough to keep its customers from using their Internet connections as a replacement for cable as their main source of TV shows: the 40-gigabyte limit would allow users less than 2 hours a day of video.

Comcast’s rules, by contrast, would allow 11 hours of video a day — giving its customers plenty of access to the sweet stuff, while still preventing the few from eating the whole cookie jar.

 

Live to tell the tale - Nightwish - crossover (39 fandoms)

[aruna7.livejournal.com]

Title of Video: Live to tell the tale
Vidder's Name: aruna7
Song Title/Band: Live to tell the tale (Nightwish)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: This vid (which happens to be a milestone one for me) is a crossover between all the 39 fandoms I have ever vidded (even if only once). It is also a look at my personal vidder road since I started, and where it lead me so far.
Link: All extra info, list of fandoms, and DL links can be found on my Livejournal.