>> That's a nice /idea/... except that whoever is serving the content will
>> be charging you very large fees for this service.
>
> netflix is just an inexpensive R$ 14 here in Brazil.  Now the fast connection is
> up to you, but it's not that hard.  I confortably watch SD netflix with nothing
> but a 3G cellphone connection! o_0

Presumably Netflix is only possible due to absurd levels of image 
compression though. Higher bandwidth lets you send pictures with less 
compression, but then you're putting more load on the server streaming 
the data. That isn't going to be cheap.

>>> Wanna play
>>> the latest nextgen HD game?  No need to buy the latest and most expensive
>>> console or GPU, or download any executable, just click away and start playing
>>> right away on you inexpensive android device.
>>
>> How the heck would that work?
>
> they send you video frames and you send them command inputs.  Continuously.

I severely doubt that even a gigabit link would have sufficiently low 
latency for this to be feasible.

(Hell, I have a 100 mbit *LAN* and VNC is still laggy as hell...)

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