Thing is, that if you count out streaming videos, most download servers are now either capped at their speed or crippled that they can't handle much traffic on one connection (Unless of course you use download managers). I'm talking about sites like Download.com, etc.
I disagree with the estimate that most servers are capped. In fact, I've yet to come across a server that is sufficiently capped to cause me issues.
You really appreciate the extra burst of speed when you're downloading things such as ISO's, music, videos. The waiting period is significantly reduced. As speeds get higher, media content delivery also becomes a lot better. Netflix currently streams in 720p, for example. Before compression, that's approximately 1280x720 = 921600 pixels. Each pixel is these days between 16-24 bits (2-3 bytes). So you're looking at approximately 2 mb/s with raw video. Compressed down, you can see how I can get 1080p streaming with a decent internet connection. That's an unbelievable video quality.
sohum added 1 Minutes and 6 Seconds later...
That was enough for me.
I usually download stuff when I am not using computer (gone to market or sleeping) and therefore I do not get that feeling of why is it taking so long to download or only 2 minutes left come on come on.
Your habits are designed as such because you don't have the luxury of downloading something and having it available in 2 minutes. I think you are confusing cause and effect, here.
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For a home user what more use can you ask for. If you talk about downloading stuff from internet, then there is not going to end of it.
Nope, this is not true. My parents are on a 256kbps connection and that is barely enough for checking Gmail with their AJAX interface. To watch YouTube, they have to leave a video loading, go do some stuff, and come and watch it later, if they do not want it buffer all the time.
We do not have HD TV in India and Hulu.com does not support India.
HDTV hardware is already available. Again, I think you are confusing cause and effect. The reason for HDTV not existing is because the infrastructure does not support it on a wide scale. However, digital broadcasts have taken a huge step in clearer video signals and I think it's only a matter of time until we start seeing HDTV. In fact, India already has IPTV, which means that once the internet infrastructure is laid down, the broadcast of HDTV is going to be held down only by the speed of the lines.
Video conferencing tools like Skype again do not require more than 256 kbps.
Skype leaves a
lot to be desired on 256kbps. It would be nice to watch video that is not constantly losing frames.
Most product upgrades are not more than 200 MB.
Content delivery is quickly moving to digital download. India, being one of the largest markets for pirated software, probably won't feel this issue as much. But at the same time, it is holding down emergence of industries/products that use the internet as their primary method to delivery content.
1 Mbps is good enough speed and is certainly high than average speed Indian user get.
You've snidely moved from 256k to 512k to 1mbps. Choose one speed to be your "enough" speed.
