@mattotcha the problem isn't to get high speeds. I worked for an #ISP that routinely offered 100 GBit/s #fiber links to other ISPs for their cell towers.

• The problem is that there are few networks and #servers that are capable or rather willing (as in configured not to throttle) to go even beyond 100MBit/s per connection.

For example, #Netflix and espechally #YouTube compress the shit out of content becaus bandwoth is expensive and even the earliest 1080p24 #HDDVD looks better than 1080p streaming, as they have ~ 35MBit/s of bandwith whilst #streaming rarely goes >15 MBit/s and oftentimes extra aggressively reach < 5MBit/s in less action-heavy scenes.

• Pretty shure Netflix et. al. do combat #StreamRipping with tools like (the discontinued) #AnyStream by limiting both bandwith and number of connections per account and only allow playback in realtime.