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Originally Posted by Keroberos
In the US the problem is with the ISPs who haven't been spending their record profits from the last 10 years on needed last mile infrastructure upgrades, so even though we have plenty of backbone bandwidth if a large amount of their subscribers start streaming media the local networks would choke. So, it isn't so much overselling as it is under upgrading to meet demand that many people saw coming.
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And Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, etc aren't in a hurry to upgrade if it will mean more people canceling TV cable service for Netflix $7.99 streaming.