With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small in Shaw

With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small in Shaw http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14164823 en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:02 EDT Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:02 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14277931 Jmac1 : It's a 60 GB cap for the $29.95 package (Telus High-Speed Enhanced) ... And I would go nuts if I could only download at 2.5 Mbps ...

»www.mytelus.com/internet/highspe···splay.do

Unless you're talking business, in which case it's still not 130 GB and quite expensive ...

»businesscontent.telus.com/webcon···Plan.jsp]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14277931 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:10:08 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14275942 techonix : hey Im on telus and I get 2.5mb/s down and have a 130gb cap so go telus but wait till strike is over shaw sucks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14275942 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:33:54 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14189043 pkarlos_76 :

said by AlwaysDisgruntled:

If you want more bandwidth then you have to upgrade to one of the business connections. It'd be nice if Shaw would offer higher speed and more transfers, minus the extra crap like e-mails and webspace, for a discount. Of course they won't do that because the average customer doesn't use webspace or 5 IP's and whatnot (which means they can charge you extra for nothing).

»www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServic···kage.htm

Just buy another residential/extreme package and u get double!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14189043 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:49:45 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14187938 blackkitty : It should be 100G. I went over by 3G on my 30G standard HS just with regular internet use, gaming, etc. Gaming took a lot last month. I upped it to extreme. It should be 50G and 100G respectively.

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For most in the culture industry, the chance of the file-sharing program BitTorrent serving a positive function is as likely as Darth Vader joining Habitat for Humanity. The popular program is a well-known tool for downloading pirated versions of films and television series. It has been especially popular among fans of Japanese animation, or anime - especially "fansubbers," anime lovers who swap their own subtitled versions of programs, and frequently get them into circulation before the original series is on the market. Fansubbers tend to think of themselves as enthusiasts sharing material they love, rather than pirates who buy, sell or horde it. Nonetheless, lawyers are not amused: in December, a Tokyo law firm representing one Japanese anime distributor e-mailed four major Web sites, asking them to stop encouraging the theft of the distributors' series.
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But ADV Films, the largest distributor of anime in the United States, has decided to make the best of a bad situation. To publicize its new series "Gilgamesh" and "Goddanar," it is releasing promotional packages - not in stores, but via the dreaded BitTorrent. "BitTorrent has been used extensively in a kind of underground environment up until now," said David Williams, a producer at ADV, in a telephone interview from the company's Houston headquarters. "There's a large group of people who have it on their systems. Since this core group already exists, we figured why not give them legitimate material to download that would help them learn about some of our products."

In late July, as a test, ADV released a trailer for the series "Madlax" through BitTorrent. The positive response led the company to assemble more extensive packages for "Gilgamesh" and "Goddanar" that include biographical information about the characters, images and statistics of the giant robots, promotional clips and links to online reviews.

Dossiers about giant robots might not seem like the highest calling to which 21st-century technology can be put, but as an act of electronic rehabilitation, it was a big step forward. "The response to the 'Madlax' trailer was just phenomenal," Mr. Williams said. "People were excited to see us using this technology in a legitimate way." Especially lawyer people. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14187938 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:55:45 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14183179 Mac Write : Also 3Web has so many complaints about their service I don't feel comfortable using them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14183179 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 01:05:15 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14183010 st7860 : instead of the $104/mo 70 gig shaw service

you could get two 3web platinums for $39.99/mo each, with about 50 gigs each.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14183010 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:34:54 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14180024 Mac Write : $104 for 70GB is not worth the price. Make that 100GB and I might be interested.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14180024 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:05:03 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178067 anon : If you want more bandwidth then you have to upgrade to one of the business connections. It'd be nice if Shaw would offer higher speed and more transfers, minus the extra crap like e-mails and webspace, for a discount. Of course they won't do that because the average customer doesn't use webspace or 5 IP's and whatnot (which means they can charge you extra for nothing).

»www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServic···kage.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178067 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:13:48 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14165548 Drex_CS : As of right now IPTV isn't anything to care about for most people. You cant expect shaw to up bandwidth for IPTV because a limited audience is wanting it...

That would be like Audi giving away free cars because 10 people asked them too.

Note: I still think we need an upgrade in the Bandwidth department, but this is not even close to why.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14165548 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:13:02 EDT Re: With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14164856 Stonez04 : we already know 50 gigs is too small and they most likely don't do anything.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14164856 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:45:45 EDT With IPTV Explosion 50GB cap is just too small http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14164823 Mac Write : With the explostion of IPTV shows in the last few months and yet more to come, the 50GB cap on eXtreme-I is just not realistic anymore. With shows like

•Systm
•DiggNation
•The Broken
•From the Shadows
•Digital Life TV
•TWIT

and so on, the 50GB cap is just not going to cut it. Each show in H.264 can reach 300MB each equals allot of bandwidth. Most shows are distributed via BitTorrent and with Shaws packet shaping that cripples the download and distribution things have to improve. Shaw needs to double the 50GB cap to keep up with this merging trend. Shaws postion is probably "Get our cable TV" guess what? These shows are only aviliable on the Internet and not through cable TV.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14164823 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:41:52 EDT