Re: Meanwhile...
But from this it becomes apparent where the growth in consumer bandwidth demand will end. As people cut the cord and cable/satellite mostly converts to streaming over the next decade, and more people start watching in 4K, eventually it maxes out. There's no benefit to going higher than 4K unless you have an absolutely gigantic TV - probably a small enough niche it wouldn't be worth the cost of delivering 8K streams (and even if they do it is only roughly a doubling of HEVC compressed bandwidth)
We're only a few more doublings away from seeing the giant yearly jumps in bandwidth demand slow to single digit percentages and eventually leveling off. At least unless/until something denser than video streaming becomes possible, like some sort of immersive VR that requires an order of magnitude more bandwidth. Which if/when it comes will mostly be used for porn, no doubt.
Humans have limited bandwidth for sensory input, and visual input is as dense as it gets.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
