Smidlee said:
HappySqurriel said:
...... With how broadband internet useage has grown, and with how speeds have improved for the price you pay over the past 5 to 10 years how do you think it will grow over the next 5 to 10 years? ...... |
Not very much. Cable boardband speed hasn't increase here much in 5 years . In fact as more people around me get cable boardband I've noticed I have more slow downs. Again it comes down of how much infromation you can send down a cable line at once. Cables companies are already running out of room to add in all those HD channels. Direct TV has an advantage here since all they have to do it to put up more satellites plus they don't have analog channels like cable which eats up bandwidth. I also doubt you see cable and phone companies in the next 5-10 tearing up the roads in big cities again like they did in the 90's to add more cables just so everyone can download HD movies faster. I personally have no need for anything faster than 5mps. |
Also, with a U.S. recession for the next 3-4 years, does anyone really see big spending going into network infrastructure. Consumers will be cutting back their spending and states and counties don't have the excess resources to develop the infrastructure.
Also, on the porn comment, does anyone actually buy porn on the internet? I was under the assumption that only the free sites received hits.