Originally Posted by
sherwood
With increased capacity comes increased usage. People will start streaming 40mbps videos to their multiple computers and TVs and then the system will still shit itself.
I for one want more capacity, but it's just going to end up back in the toilet because of programmers over-reliance on excess. I mean H.264 development probably wouldn't even have come about if this were present in the past and I personally fear what it will hurt in the future.
:edit:
Though, if it could end lossy content, that would be nice. Still I'd rather have more people involved in lossless standards than drop it because the network can handle it :happysad:
But thats exactly the kind of growth we want. With these new issues comes new solutions. For example, 20 years ago no one could have imagined we'd be streaming HD movies, or, watching HD at all with the speeds at that time. If a system 'shits itself' then engineers come up with solutions to better address the problem.
By the way, the 40 mbps multiple streams doesn't just come from home users watching things for pleasure. Doctors would benefit immensely if they could get streaming video from a patient, what if there are a collection of doctors all trying to get data? That is just one example, both the economy and quality of life for people would greatly improve if we had greater capacity and we are always attempting to max it out.