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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
With the carriers and even home ISP's insisting on bandwidth caps, I don't foresee streaming as something I can enjoy. I also believe that, in their arrogance and greed, the ISP's and carriers are also impeding the incredible progress and openness with which the Internet became so popular during the 90's. It seems like any progress during the late 2000's was DESPITE the carriers/ISP's, certainly not because of them. I don't really see Google Music streaming taking off while this is the case--but maybe it'll put more "anti-competitive" light on the issue and make people ask why COMCAST was allowed to buy NBC/Universal while it insists on capping bandwidth from Netflix... or why Verizon insists on capping its wireless bandwidth while giving you free pass for bandwidth if you purchase their music services. Fishy. Just saying--I feel as if there's a pronounced odor of rodent feces in the telecom industry.
Indeed, a good point. At the moment, I can see this being a better service for a home use rather than mobile thanks to the larger bandwidth allotment. Of course, the ability to 'pin' songs makes this more palatable, offering the ability to secure offline caching in spite of network concerns.

I do believe that bandwidth will increase at some point. I fully expect that the caps are artificial and not based on infrastructure, but its only a matter of time before the pressure forces them upwards. Yes, it is a tragic impedance to the open web.
 

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