“In the wake of renewed reports that Apple is trying to finalize deals with the entertainment companies ahead of launching a TV subscription service, the subject of streaming TV has gotten lots of play,” Gene Steinberg writes for The Tech Night Owl. “Unfortunately, key issues confronting cord-cutters are being ignored.”
“I still remain perplexed why the elephant in the room continues to be ignored. That’s your ISP’s bandwidth cap,” Steinberg writes. “If you’re not using your ISP’s own TV service, or satellite, whatever is streamed to your TV counts against the bandwidth limits. So after you choose a package of one or more providers that meets your needs, how many hours a day can you watch your set unimpeded before you consume too much bandwidth?”
“While I understand the need for limited bandwidth so as not to saturate a cell phone network, does it make sense for wire-based broadband? Maybe for chronic abusers, but someone just spending a few hours a day pulling content via an Apple TV shouldn’t be faced with high overage charges, or having their broadband throttled or blocked. The FCC’s new rules on net neutrality don’t address this issue,” Steinberg writes. “And why is it being ignored by the media?”
Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Plus, imagine if Apple plans on offering 4K video as some others already do (in limited fashion)?