Report asserts that pay-TV should watch out for digital downloads

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musky @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:08AM

This will only happen if the FCC (the Government) prevents Internet providers from capping how much someone can download. Cable/FIOS high speed Internet providers are not dumb they will not let people download unlimited amounts of HD video and chance losing their cable/FIOS subscribers.

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DrXym @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:12AM

I expect what you will see is the cable companies lowering the caps while simultaneously introducing their own VOD which is exempt from those restrictions. Companies love tying services together so that you can't leave without losing all of them.

Anti-competitive to be sure, but I'm sure they'll figure a way to pretend it isn't, that the VOD is somehow not subject same restrictions because its on a local loop inside the network or something.

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