[LINK] Does video have a future on the Internet? [Was: Freeview Launches In Australia]

[Michael Still]

David Boxall wrote:
> At 28/11/2008 4:18 PM Michael Still wrote:
>>  ... I live in the US (where I am paying $0 a gig for traffic). ...
> 
> I just came across this:
> <http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/giz_explains_how_broadband_usage_caps_will_kill_internet_video-2.html#more>.
> 
> If - as it seems - the pricing structure in the US is set to change,
> will Internet video die?

I don't think so. I suspect a lot of customers in the US will simply not
buy limited use plans, and the vendors will quickly learn that they have
to sell something the customer wants.

Mikal