Faster High Speed Internet, Where will the Adult biz go next

[lassiter]

Originally Posted by Big_D

Verizon began rolling out a new Internet service in Southeastern Pennsylvania, called FiOS.
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In addition does anyone think these faster connections will change the adult biz? Whats everyones thoughts?

Don't forget that Verizon is one of the big players in pushing the elimination of "net neutrality." What this will mean is that any content provider (that's all of us, pretty much) who wants to have their content received via the new, faster connection speeds will now have to pay an additional monthly or yearly charge to every major pipeline provider (AT&T, Verizon, etc.) to guarantee that their content isn't streamed at some dialup 56kbs speed while those who pay the extortion money get streamed at the 30 MBs rate.

Maybe a few big pockets like Larry Flynt will be able to subsidize all these new higher "pay-to-play" contracts (and of course FOX News, Google, Yahoo, etc. will pay up), but most will just be shut out of the fastest streaming speeds due to it being unaffordable.

[whitey]

Originally Posted by lassiter

Don't forget that Verizon is one of the big players in pushing the elimination of "net neutrality." What this will mean is that any content provider (that's all of us, pretty much) who wants to have their content received via the new, faster connection speeds will now have to pay an additional monthly or yearly charge to every major pipeline provider (AT&T, Verizon, etc.) to guarantee that their content isn't streamed at some dialup 56kbs speed while those who pay the extortion money get streamed at the 30 MBs rate.

Maybe a few big pockets like Larry Flynt will be able to subsidize all these new higher "pay-to-play" contracts (and of course FOX News, Google, Yahoo, etc. will pay up), but most will just be shut out of the fastest streaming speeds due to it being unaffordable.

Most of Silicon Valley is not going along with the content provider revenue model. It will still be consumers that foot the bill for the most part. Content providers already pay for premium connectivity, and that charge may go up a bit with peering agreements built in. Again, this already pretty much exists.

The operational model to enable content providers to pay the last mile connectivity providers directly will never be worked out, regardless of the enabling legislation, particularly with the people who could solve the problem understanding it damages their business.

The premium bandwidth is coming, and it is really geared to streaming media and being driven by producers of the content. It will impact the Adult business to the extent that you will see even more streaming vids than are already being provided. Vid sites are where all of the money is going now anyway.

One opportunity for porn is live interactivity streamed onto your plasma, getting us closer to providing a virtual sex experience.

[lassiter]

Originally Posted by whitey

One opportunity for porn is live interactivity streamed onto your plasma, getting us closer to providing a virtual sex experience.

Heck, I'd even consider paying for that.

[juggernaut]

Originally Posted by whitey

One opportunity for porn is live interactivity streamed onto your plasma, getting us closer to providing a virtual sex experience.

I understand where your going with this, but this is already taking place. Not to hard for me to plug my computer into a 50 inch plasma and hit up a cam site. If your talking IP TV I'm sure there are companys out there who had that in mind from day one. Getting the equipment and past the laws is another thing. Working on the internet is still somewhat of a wildwest game. Playing on broadcast TV opens up a whole other can of legal issues to follow.