Thread: Will Cable/Telcos kill off E*and D* VOD

Since both VOD services use the internet to download and if your internet is fast enough stream as it download VOD shows and movies, and the Cable and Telco are moving closer and closer to monthly caps and metering will this kill off VOD for satellite?

What funny here is I have a 3rd party isp ( Rapidsystems Tampa FL Level 3) Which provides my dsl connection. (verizons wires but it goes back to rapidsystems equipment. in tampa )
They are a great isp offer services that many dont. Some things like having a static ip for regular customers at no cost. etc. They have no plans to meter or cap bandwith. They are one of the few that will be honest and admit that bandwith cost have gone down over the last 10 years and frankly if I maxed out my 3mbps 24x7 for a month that they are still making money off of me not as much as they would like but still a profit.

Cable and there QOS packet sniffing ( some telcos in canada are now doing this ) could purposely slow down all traffic comming from E* and D* VOD servers.

I am concerned that connecting to the net to provide vod services will be a choke hold when the shit hits the fan for both companies.

Only thing really keeping them in play is that Verizon who owns a very large chunk of the internet backbones is saying they are not going to cap or meter customer usage which for a time being has forced many of the cable co from going to metered plans .

But how long until the Cable companies say enough is enough were going to start metering bandwith and send you a bill based on usage . Which would also kill off E* and D* current VOD systems. Assuming the packet sniffing QOS routers dont slow it down first to a crawl.

It's an interesting point. The cable companies probably want nothing more than to do this, but I think Net Neutrality legislation coupled with free market forces will prevent it from ever becoming a reality.

Comcast tried to block P2P, and they were stopped cold in their tracks as soon as the proof was discovered.