The Internet is Nearly Out of Bandwidth

[pokeplayer984]

Since this also applies to cloud gaming, I think services like OnLive, Steam, WoW and others are going to be in quite a bit of trouble when we reach this limit.

Do you think this also applies to cloud storage like Mediafire?  If so, I'm going to have to look at other options to share all my legit files I have in there.

[jansenov]

^Why would they be in trouble? Most people play games like WoW or access MediaFire over desktop computers, which are connected by metal and optical cables to servers. Electrons and directed beams of visible light can carry orders of magnitude more information than omni-directional radiowaves. Nobody mentions bandwidth limits with optical cables. Decades will pass until optical cables become a problem, if ever.


The wireless part of the Internet will be in trouble, and only in big cities. Rural areas will be much less affected. And the "wired" part of the Internet will continue to grow and grow.

If you don't rely completely on mobile phones or such, you have no reason to worry.

[landbeforetimelover]

This is ONLY affecting mobile broadband, nothing else.  "Cloud" does not equate to mobile broadband.  It just means you're paying some company to use their storage capabilities when you could use your own for FREE.  Almost all cloud stuff goes through desktops and laptops right now.  We've got a long way to go before we can be sending 5Mbps+ through wireless broadband in order to use any REAL cloud capabilities.  And if this running out of bandwidth stuff isn't just BS, it's going to take even longer to reach that level.  

So long as you're not a zombie that's addicted to his smartphone and can't live 5 seconds without using it (even while driving), this probably won't affect you.  If you need to download anything big, just connect to WiFi and save yourself a bundle of cash.  Why people are so addicted to these things I'll never understand.  But it'll be funny when crunch time happens and they're stuck either paying $500/month for internet on their phone or going insane and crying in the street because they can't afford it.  Others still will take out a second job.  You don't think I'm being serious, do you?  Well then you haven't seen how addicted some people are to those useless time-wasting gadgets.  LOL.

[DarkHououmon]

The wireless part of the Internet will be in trouble, and only in big cities. Rural areas will be much less affected.

Good thing I don't tend to live in a big city. We live a little further out, outside of town.