The future? We all know video is becoming really popular on the Internet. But it is the highest bandwidth alternative out there. And now it's being used as a bogeyman to frighten users of broadband into paying more for what they already get. The promise of Internet brownouts is just around the corner as the next big scare -- Unless of course we have metered Internet connections.
ARSTechnica had a nice article on the latest ginned up 'crisis' to afflict the masses.
The biggest consequence of the 'coming exaflood crisis' appears to be as the excuse to raise broadband prices.
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