It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but customers are losing

Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu... by thegginthesky on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:00PM (#29281588)

The biggest difference is that people use the internet for far more things than just streaming, so the internet bill is diluted into the overall utility. For example, without good internet speeds you couldn't attend classes properly in lock down, nor attend meetings with people across the country or world.

Good internet is becoming more of an overall utility than just a luxury.

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Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu... by agumonkey on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:10PM (#29281714)

I've seen teachers and young students during covid, it wasn't pretty.

I have that feeling that internet is boiling frogs making people think it's that amazing christic thing when a few phone calls and organization would go as deep. Plus kids and teachers are often computer illiterate, a single file format can delay information for days if not weeks because people don't know how to mail or open something.

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Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu... by margalabargala on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:34PM (#29282061)

Fair point, I suppose that would be kinda like including the price of a TV onto the cable bill comparison, and then the computer on streaming, and etc etc.

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