the BETA stage: Joost and the “Unlimited Internet”
The following is a summary of blog post written by Brad Levinson at thebetastage.com:
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Of the many stories that they’ve been following, one has peaked piqued my interest as I consider the future of Joost and IPTV: that of “unlimited Internet.” According to the outlet, it seems as though Comcast’s unlimited Internet access is limited to under 300 GBs.
“Comcast accused Frank of downloading 305GB in November and 297GB in December. It’s Comcast’s policy to suspend any account that exceeds usage limits twice in any year. Doesn’t Comcast advertise unlimited use? What are the usage caps? Comcast representatives would only say ‘I’m sorry but I cannot divulge that information.’”
Frank has been banned from Comcast for a full year.
Joost’s website makes the following claim:
“The software downloads about 320MB per hour (as a maximum) and uploads up to 105 MB per hour.”
Add some BitTorrent. Add video podcasts. Add iTunes movie downloads at a gig apiece. Throw YouTube into the mix. Problems? The limit on this bandwidth usage can seriously bring the future of IPTV into doubt.
Is Comcast likely to lighten up? Make business deals with Joost? In my Comcast experiences, DVR is generally awful an unreliable, programming menus are outdated, On Demand menus freeze constantly, and the user interface is always terrible. It’s the lack of competition that is stifling the innovation of traditional television.
Been waiting for that for the last…oh, two years, ever since I had to return my TiVo because my Comcast cable box’s “auto-shut-off” power-save mode (with no option to turn this off) made my TiVo record nothing but a black screen.
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Follow this link to read Brad’s complete post.
please help me to start Joost