I believe the majority of the problem exists in "the last mile", or three or five. Eventually, the last stretch will get (yet) fatter. In the meantime, I've n

I believe the majority of the problem exists in "the last mile", or three or five. Eventually, the last stretch will get (yet) fatter. In the meantime, I've not seen discussion of possible interim workarounds. Such as e.g. Netflix enabling, on devices having sufficient storage, time-shifted, queued downloading. For example, during the work/school day, when residential usage is low, they could pump down the next film or three in your queue. Similar to electrical power generation, efficiencies are gained by leveling demand. Perhaps we're too impulsive in our choices. Also, it would place entire (DRM-ed?) movies at once onto local media -- possibly a concern. But it seems to me to be one approach, if "last mile" really is a problem and the different parties could actually cooperate instead of simply hoarding the pie. Side benefit: No congestion interruptions and artifacts.