Posted by Sarge, at 12:20PM 06/17/08 : Why ISPs Want to Charge Bandwidth Hogs More Now Web Video Traffic to Explode
Note: Why are the biggest U.S. Internet service providers, like Time Warner Cable (TWC), AT&T (T), and Comcast (CMCSA) trying to change the way they sell high-speed Internet service from all-you-can-eat to pay-per-use? In part, because Web video is only starting to take off, and the amount of bandwidth used on the Internet could jump sixfold in the next five years, according to a Cisco (CSCO) projection summarized in today's Wall Street Journal. tags: isps
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