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Originally posted by Hivetyrant:
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Originally posted by LennonCook:
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Originally posted by shamrock_uk:
So how many weeks will that take me at 3.5KB/sec? [img]tongue.gif[/img] In ten years maybe, this is just ridiculous!
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You get three and a half kilobytes in a second? I'm jealous, I still measure speed in kilobits. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
But remember, this could help make broadband the norm (that is, it won't just be sites assuming everyone has broadband anymore). This won't get us the whole way there, but if it works well, it will be a good start. [/QUOTE]Well the way I see it, and the way I thought you would have seen it, companies like telstra will see this, know that people need broadband and up their prices due to the fact that bandwidth is going to go through the roof [img]graemlins/eatmousepointer.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]no way!
they wouldn't increase the price, especially over something like this. Telstra (the major communications provider in Australia) firstly wouldn't pay attention to this event, and secondly wouldn't do anything about it even if they knew, another company such as TPG would have to make the first move then Telstra along with optus would follow.
But all that would only lead to a reduced price, and if it increases bandwidth requirments, then that infastructure needed to be upgraded anyway.
Besided it's only a game, think of the ammount of bandwidth people use downloading porn and music, and that's a constant download, this would be a once off download for a select part of the internet using community, because gamers, and mroe specifically gamers that would download an entire game are only a small fraction of broadband users.