| WereKitten said: On the other hand who is able to download on a whim 2 movies for an evening with friends, when each movie size is about 10GBs? Today it's just more practical for me to go to the videostore at the corner and rent home two Blu-Rays. In 15 minutes I'm done. |
Just to be annoying, I'll reply to this part. I actually can afford to do this. I have fast enough bandwidth, and really, the movies are usually about 7-8GB since I just download the 720p version (no 1080p TV yet).
With my 22Mb/s download speed, that equates to 2.75MB/s. Thats 165MB per minute, or roughly 9,900MB per hour (about 10GB), so for all the many Verizon FiOS subsribers, and emerging fiber optic markets, this is easily a reality. I have the option of upgrading up to a 150Mb/s download speed with a 50Mb/s upload speed, which would equate to 67.5GB per hour of downloads, but obviously that speed is way too expensive and impractical for my current needs. I'm just saying that since the technology is already there, all it will take from here on out is expansion. In 3 years we could have a much larger and wider fiber optic network, with base speeds being the 150Mb/s rating. It will likely still be about 8-10 years at least until everyone has access to this kind of tech, if not longer for the more rural areas, but it is indeed growing quickly.
In July 2008, Verizone FiOS had 1.4 million customers. Today Verizon FiOS currently reaches 12.7 million homes in the US (just 7 months later).
