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Originally Posted by Ch28
I was actually referring to downloading shows.
Why stream when you can just queue them all up and watch once they're done?
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Fair enough.
But, as I've said, here's the dilemma for a cable company: if no one is willing to pay for cable service (because downloading is "free"), how are they supposed to make money and deliver steady returns to their shareholders?
I don't know how much it costs to carry bandwidth for the average telco, but I do know that coaxial cable is limited in terms of the data it can carry. Eventually, they're going to have to convert to fibre optic wires to meet consumer demands and perhaps bringing in hard caps is in recognition of the fact that Shaw doesn't have the infrastructure to meet the demand and/or they're trying to raise cash to fund infrastructure upgrades.