By: Groo (charlie.delete@this.semiaccurate.com), April 21, 2019 7:41 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com) on April 20, 2019 8:49 pm wrote:
> Groo (charlie.delete@this.semiaccurate.com) on April 20, 2019 9:36 am wrote:
> >
> > There are two big impediments to disc-free consoles, retailers and game makers. I asked this
> > question to console makers years ago and they all said the same thing and still say it now.
>
> ISP caps are not a third impediment? I could not install all
> of my relatively small Steam library within one month.
>
No they are a big impediment and they are being cynically abused to extract hidden fees from bot the customer and the service provider. That said I am on record for ~2 weeks less than a decade on the matter. :)
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1052029/net-neutrality-bandwidth-caps-matter
-Charlie
> Groo (charlie.delete@this.semiaccurate.com) on April 20, 2019 9:36 am wrote:
> >
> > There are two big impediments to disc-free consoles, retailers and game makers. I asked this
> > question to console makers years ago and they all said the same thing and still say it now.
>
> ISP caps are not a third impediment? I could not install all
> of my relatively small Steam library within one month.
>
No they are a big impediment and they are being cynically abused to extract hidden fees from bot the customer and the service provider. That said I am on record for ~2 weeks less than a decade on the matter. :)
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1052029/net-neutrality-bandwidth-caps-matter
-Charlie