http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/ Engadget Comments for Surprise: cable companies edging closer to bandwidth exigency http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/
All I know is I want to have download speeds of 3Gbs+/s AND have EVERY Available HD Channel in Existence as SOON as it launches........

so ummmmmm

Time Warner needs to get it together........Digital is the way to go.......saves bandwidth meaning MORE channels.........I mean come on.......if Local Stations can do it surely a multibillion dollar company can too.....so they might as well do it now and avoid the headache later.........]]>Aug 20th 2007 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/
and the upload speed of 2-3Mbps is garbage AND I have "Turbo Charged" Road Runner for an extra $10/month......I mean sure I have 8Mbps download speeds which are often actually more around 7.5Mbps, but with me uploading files due to web design I have LARGE files to upload and it would be nice if I could do so quickly......but here in NC Road Runner is the fastest and most reliable broadband service so its my only choice really.......I just hope SOMETHING better comes around and SOON]]>Aug 20th 2007 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/


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Cable's bandwidth crunch will go away as soon as they realize that Cablecard IS in their best interest and stop playing the 'ZOMGwemusthaveSTBsOrNOTHING!' game. Then, when that gets tight, move the entire network to IP streaming. They already do HD on demand, so cut out all the broadcasting period and simply make EVERY channel 'on demand'. Set up multicasting so the highest demand channels don't need to be streamed repetitively yet aren't there if no one's watching. *gasp* Look at that. BANDWIDTH!

Sheesh, folks, cable is good for almost a GIGAHERTZ of spectrum FREE AND CLEAR. It doesn't NEED to be fiber. Cable hasn't even begun to optimize... once they do they can be fully competitive with FTTH.]]>Aug 20th 2007 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/
A capacity crisis often MAKES HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR THE PROVIDERS. The cable companies are going to let it happen so they can screw us with overage charges. They can also use the capacity crisis to use QOS to shut out all of their competitors' services.

The California energy crisis was manufactured for profit. The cable companies are not manufacturing this crisis, but they are not going to keep it from happening because the crisis will make them a lot of money.]]>Aug 20th 2007 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/
This would be in reference to what Enron power traders did during the energy crisis, calling up power plants and asking them to just shut down for a while, if you are wondering..]]>Aug 20th 2007 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18468495

My buddies and I have noticed that if we start any PTP (limewire, mldonkey, bittorrent, etc) we immediately get sloooooowed the **** down. I've not seen it with UseNET however, but I'm sure it'll happen there as well.]]>Aug 20th 2007 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/surprise-cable-companies-edging-closer-to-bandwidth-exigency/Aug 20th 2007 12:38PM