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Netflix will have a positive effect in countries like India. Their entry will help force ISPs to upgrade their infrastructure and increase average speeds. The b
by deepuj 11y ago
Netflix will have a positive effect in countries like India. Their entry will help force ISPs to upgrade their infrastructure and increase average speeds. The benefits will hopefully trickle down to all internet users!
- Havoc 11y ago>Their entry will help force ISPs to upgrade their infrastructure and increase average speeds. I'm from a country with a similar profile (South Africa) and I can tell you it definitely won't do anything of the sort. They just throttle the hell out of you as an incentive to upgrade.
- sabelo 11y agoHoping the same for South Africa. So counterintuitive though :)
- geodel 11y agoThats like saying entry of BMW in India will force upgrade of road infrastructure. I do not see how or why entry of Netflix will force ISPs in anyway. ARPU for Cable TV in India is ~Rs 300 so Netflix is twice as expensive there. In sharp contrast to US where Netflix will probably will be the cheapest streaming service.
- jrmcauliffe 11y agoThere is usually only one provider of roads..
- satish-shetty 11y agoVery unlikely. Unless they start offering movies in Indian languages (Hindi, Tamil & Telugu to start with), the amount of traffic will not be high enough to justify ISPs to upgrade.
- train_robber 11y agoIt already does. I can see a few Hindi titles already.