AT&T has lost their minds

jledou · 03-14-2011, 09:58 AM

Specifically where this hits and hurts is:
Downloading, online gaming and streaming.
Downloading:music, movies - digital instead of DvD or Blu-Ray, books, podcast - even more so on video podcast, purchasing software via download and not a disk.
Online gaming - Onlive becomes not practical - games like WoW, EvE on-line and other MMORPGs will have a harder time.
Steaming - Pandora, Netflix, Youtube
Thinking about where the future is moving as far as fluid digital content and not owning a disk etc this is a bigger deal than it seems today.
You may not do all of the above but when we do a couple they can start to add up quickly.
Now add the kids into this mix as they grow up online and consume more data as they get older. Could make internet for a family of 4 really pricey.
And lets not forget that AT&T was generous enough to raise their monthly internet fees $5/month last month....

03-14-2011, 09:58 AM	#17
jledou Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jay Location: Kansas Posts: 2,246 Trading: (27)	Re: AT&T has lost their minds Specifically where this hits and hurts is: Downloading, online gaming and streaming. Downloading:music, movies - digital instead of DvD or Blu-Ray, books, podcast - even more so on video podcast, purchasing software via download and not a disk. Online gaming - Onlive becomes not practical - games like WoW, EvE on-line and other MMORPGs will have a harder time. Steaming - Pandora, Netflix, Youtube Thinking about where the future is moving as far as fluid digital content and not owning a disk etc this is a bigger deal than it seems today. You may not do all of the above but when we do a couple they can start to add up quickly. Now add the kids into this mix as they grow up online and consume more data as they get older. Could make internet for a family of 4 really pricey. And lets not forget that AT&T was generous enough to raise their monthly internet fees $5/month last month....