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    (snip)The days of watching movies on the cheap via the Web may soon be over.

    Time Warner Cable and U.S. pay-TV companies, weighing how to profit from surging Internet demand spurred by Netflix and Hulu, are on the verge of instituting new fees on Web-access customers who use the most data.

    At least one major cable operator will institute usage-based billing next year, predicts Craig Moffett, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York. He said Cox Communications, Charter Communications or Time Warner Cable may be first to charge Web-access customers for the amount of data they consume, not just transmission speed.

    "As more video shifts to the Web, the cable operators will inevitably align their pricing models," Moffett said. "With the right usage-based pricing plan, they can embrace the transition instead of resisting it."(snip)

    (snip)AT&T, based in Dallas, charges digital subscriber line, or DSL, customers who exceed a monthly limit of 150 gigabytes in three consecutive months $10 extra for every additional 50 gigabytes of data they use.

    Suddenlink, with about 1.4 million customers, began instituting usage caps in some markets in October. Users pay $10 for each 50 gigabytes they use over their monthly allowance.

    Data usage is surging by almost 50 percent a year, Chief Executive Officer Jerry Kent said. Suddenlink's broadband revenue rose 12 percent in the third quarter, versus a 1.6 percent gain from pay TV.(snip)


    The take-away of course is that the proposed new surcharges for high bandwidth usage will apply to uploads as well as downloads !!! At an average 2.5mb/s *60s/m * 60m/h = 9000mb/hour for 720p , 50gigs will get you about 6 hours worth of webcam streaming time ! We've discussed the issue that HD video is changing the webcam host business model due to increased internet backbone bandwidth costs in other threads. It now appears that camgirls are also going to directly experience those increased internet bandwidth costs on 'their end' of the video stream transmission as well. If these rate plans are put into effect as proposed, it's probable that a camgirl who streams 4 hours a day 5 days a week will be looking at a monthly ISP bill increase on the order of $160 per month in 'over the limit' bandwidth surcharges !!!

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    Oh fuck that!

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    Well...I guess the positive way to look at this is it will knock out a lot of the cheap girls...

    And is it just me or is the US gone mad? Bandwidth ^ costs. Talk of internet censorship. These occupy riots. Press-blackouts. WTF is wrong with the world. I should just move to Canada or something.







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    Yeah, I wish it were like Finland where they declared internet a human right.


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    for me, 20 hours of hd webcam streaming (sometimes on multiple sites) only adds up to about 11 gigs of bandwidth...i never go over my limit (which is 250 gigs).

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    Yes yes! Come to Canada!

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    Where I used to live Time Warner tried to implement this. People protested, and they never went through with it. It was a few years ago though.
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    They already took away unlimited data useage on smartphones so that they are even talking about this...it could be an issue.







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    If it was only so easy as coming to Canada.

    BCE, Rogers Win Right to Charge Internet Wholesalers Per Usage
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-1...olesalers.html

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    Canada's too cold though Can't we all just band together and buy an island somewhere warm? haha, really it would suck to have a limit on the bandwidth, at this point I have no clue how much I use.

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    I think it is all a scam, just like the rolling black out Enron did in California. Turned out to be extortion to raise the rates & profit margins.

    Cable no longer makes money with paid preview porn, it was the only thing keeping them in the black. Online porn has ended that profit margin. They still want a piece of that porn money, doing it by usage instead of unlimited is there way of it.

    At this point with all the ipads, tablets, laptops, cell phones with internet access the cable companies are losing the battle to make money off of home computers & tv cable.

    There business model is becoming obsolete, so they are trying to hold onto it & profit as much as possible.

    Personally, I think it is all a con. At this point there is so much competition with different ways of getting internet that they are in a losing battle.

    Heard about this 5 to 6 years ago when the market was way smaller and bandwidth used was not as much either. Didn't work then, wont work now.

    Just like soon most porn companies will be out of business. The world is changing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HaydenBlue View Post
    Well...I guess the positive way to look at this is it will knock out a lot of the cheap girls...

    And is it just me or is the US gone mad? Bandwidth ^ costs. Talk of internet censorship. These occupy riots. Press-blackouts. WTF is wrong with the world. I should just move to Canada or something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ElianaIsis View Post
    Canada's too cold though Can't we all just band together and buy an island somewhere warm? haha, really it would suck to have a limit on the bandwidth, at this point I have no clue how much I use.
    LOL that's a brilliant idea. Let's just all chip in to buy an island. Free unlimited usage for all and all taxes will goto Logitechs and dildos for every girl!

    That sucks though. Greed is a bitch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xfatrabbitx View Post
    LOL that's a brilliant idea. Let's just all chip in to buy an island. Free unlimited usage for all and all taxes will goto Logitechs and dildos for every girl!

    That sucks though. Greed is a bitch.
    I'm down!!!! lol

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    Maybe we can just all chip in together and buy Sealand. It used to be a data haven. It is wired up the wazoo. (*laughs*)

    "SeaLand, a former anti-aircraft platform perched on two concrete towers 8 miles off the coast of England, was featured in a Wired cover story in 2000 when investors turned it into a colo facility for web sites seeking to locate outside any government jurisdiction."

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    Quote Originally Posted by shywebcamgirl View Post
    Maybe we can just all chip in together and buy Sealand. It used to be a data haven. It is wired up the wazoo. (*laughs*)

    "SeaLand, a former anti-aircraft platform perched on two concrete towers 8 miles off the coast of England, was featured in a Wired cover story in 2000 when investors turned it into a colo facility for web sites seeking to locate outside any government jurisdiction."

    http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/a...n-is-for-sale/

    Exactly, that's what we need! An island with no government jurisdiction. Internet for all, no bandwith cap! Lol.

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    smdh the US makes me so nervous these days. This is why I don't even both with the news, I just get all worked up about stuff I can't do anything about anyways.

    I like the island idea. Super fast, unlimited internet and WiFi accessible from every point! *dares to dream*
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    BCE, Rogers Win Right to Charge Internet Wholesalers Per Usage
    Indeed 'recovering' actual costs of service by the backbone internet providers IS going to have to happen- in the US, in Canada, in Western Europe - by one means or another. If it doesn't, those backbone providers aren't going to be able to invest the billions of dollars necessary to increase internet backbone capacity, thus everybody's future internet access will be 'bottlenecked'.

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    I seriously doubt this will go through - the WoW guys will not stand for this.

    They will come out of hiding from their mother's basements and rage and kill everyone with their cosplay swords.







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    The island.....

    I woud love to move to the big island of hawaii in a few years, but if you think this is bad, you will be STUCK with satellite internet out on an island like this. Their terms are EVEN WORSE then cable AND the satellite gustapo will slow down or even stop your service. Same with "wi-fi"

    I am dead set on living a more rural simple life in the states....I found a cabin years ago on the outskirts of town and try as I might I could not find one wireless, cable company that could provide this cabin service. It did not even have phone lines, so DSL was out. My last option was satellite, and after reading the terms I sadly could not make my dream come to life.

    To hear that cable may soon end up like a satellite or wireless provider, wether it is a rumor or not, SUCKS!

    I am going to chuck it all and go move to my big island yurt and live off the land. I will hopefully make enough money selling my handmade nature craft to support myself. If not, lately it seems like BEING A BUM begging people for money is more lucrative then the webcam industry lol. Shit the way some hustle for tips by begging and pleading, they may as well swallow the pride they have left and go hit the streets with a can and sign. At least they could keep their clothes on then.

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    Ugh. I doubt that this will actually happen, but I think that there is definitely a move in that direction.

    I do not think that one provider would be able to do this on their own - because all customers would go to a different provider!! Even if EVERY current provider did this, you would just need one new company NOT charging to totally screw it up.

    What I can see happening is a charge based on usage, WITHOUT a base rate. This is how every other service is charged - water, electric, gas, etc - you pay for what you use. I actually don't see this as a horrible thing - most of us already pay fairly high rates for the "best" or "business" internet service plans. I would actually kinda like knowing that I was just paying for what I was using - especially on weeks or months that I am ill or on holiday - how great would it be to not pay for internet if you were away for two weeks? If this happens, I wouldn't expect it to jack the price up super high - competition between providers should keep it reasonable...

    Another one of those things that we in the industry should stay aware of, but that I don't think it is necessary to panic over.
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