DISQUS

Connected Internet: ISPs Are Going To Hate Joost

  • sKz · 2 years ago
    Lucky me, that I'm living in Unlimited internet access country ^^
  • Mr Nobody · 2 years ago
    I;m sure your employer would be happy to hear you spend the day installing Joost when you're supposed to be working from home!!!!!!
  • green · 2 years ago
    Lol sKz, our cheapest unlimited connection is 256k which means u cant view Joost videos, we have quota options, the cheapest one is 9 gb which means you can only watch joost a few hours, or two day :(
  • Everton · 2 years ago
    @Mr. Nobody my boss reads my blog and I had it running while I was working. I actually work better when there is some background noise, be it the office, music or TV.
  • Brown Baron · 2 years ago
    Session timeouts would probably be the best way to go about it. Maybe it would be a good idea for me stop running Joost in the background. I keep it on for most of the day too.
  • Dan Brickley · 2 years ago
    Hi there! Regarding outreach to ISPs, there's a presentation from Joost here:
    http://www.uknof.org.uk/uknof7/MacCarthaigh-Joo... (updated version http://www.stdlib.net/~colmmacc/slides/Joost-ne... ) that might be of interest...
  • Mike · 2 years ago
    I downloaded Joost last night and I'm scared...There are enough things that distract me from what I should be doing without TV on demand.

    Damn you, Joost, and your easy to use service...

    Not looking forward to my next ISP bill either :(
  • listikal · 2 years ago
    Interesting...I probably use up a lot more with Torrents though.
  • Pallab · 2 years ago
    Well, they may have to charge more for uncapped internet. There is no other way out for them really. Video content is only going to get more and more popular. And dont think that its only Joost they would have to deal with.
    Streaming vidoes on websites like Veoh, Dailymotion etc also use up fair amount of bandwidth. 3 min clips are often about 20mb. So thats 400mb per hour.

    Anyway, ISPs in India dont have to bother about Joost for sometime. Uncapped connection at anything over 256kbps are atrociously priced.
  • Ajay · 2 years ago
    That sure is a lot of bandwidth being eaten down. Joost will never work out here in India, because if you have unlimited accounts, then you have slow speeds, and faster speeds have major bandwidth caps.