Re:Google Fiber Plans & Pricing
by dkrich on Thursday July 26, 2012 @08:41PM
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This seems to go back-and-forth and I'm not quite ready to crown the streaming model king just yet. What happens when you have gigabit ethernet and a tablet that can hold 80 days worth of movies? Do you stream them or just download them instantaneously without regard to how much space they consume?
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"Do you stream them or just download them instantaneously without regard to how much space they consume?"
"Stream" is a euphemism for "download you are not allowed to keep".
Expect to keep seeing the word "stream" for a while.
I'm aware of what a stream is. Are you familiar with the Netflix, some may call it "rental" model? Apparently they let you "borrow" movies, I'm told for days at a time. Apparently you have to have a continuous internet connection to "stream" which kinda sucks when you have to move from one place to another.