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SvennoJ on 19 June 2013
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superchunk said:
SvennoJ said:
4K blu-ray format is expected next year, I wouldn't even be able to download half of a 4K movie with my bandwidth cap. I don't expect it to be much improved in 2018 unless someone has billions of dollars laying around to update the old infrastructure.

Anyway I'm rather fond of my CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/Games collection. I don't want to trade that for a menu screen.
Digital living next to physical is fine. Instant streaming demos, bring it on. That would make me actually try those 1h ps+ game trials.

Did you not read my part on the changes already occurring in internet infrastructure?

Throughout the world there are changes like Google's Fiber that will alleviate data caps.

Throughout poorer nations there are pushes to greatly expect cellular including the latest tech (LTE) that will blanket large urban areas with cheaper high-bandwidth wireless internet.

5yrs is a long time in tech.

Long time in tech, short time to replace infrastructure.
LTE is impressive but it approaches cable internet speeds with higher latencies, not fibre. And that also needs a lot of infrastructure.

I used to live in the Netherlands when fibre was announced at the end of the 90's. Now in 2013, 15 years later, with the government supporting the new infrastructure, in one of the most densely populated countries meaning lowest cost per distance, fibre has 7.8% market share with 6% growth last quarter.
I would be surprised to see fibre making it here in rural Ontario in the next 10 years.