Subj : Highly profitable
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Jul 14 2022 05:44 pm

 Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
 By: Ogg to Arelor on Wed Jul 13 2022 08:54 am

>  A> The idea that everybody has fibre and therefore DVDs are
>  A> not needed is very first worlder.
>
> It's probably not so much first worlder than it is metropolitan
> focused (ie making the assumption that everyone has the same
> access to high-speed internet everywhere).  Although.. a
> ubiquitous satellite-based system could make it so.
>

Satellite has two problems. First, latency sucks, so if you want to join one of
those streams in which you chat in real time with the streamer, you are in for
a rough ride. Second, satellite connectivity is too expensive for what they
offer. Also most plans I could hire here have unworkable data caps.

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