Google Stadia head Phil Harrison believes ISPs will lift data caps for game streaming

Google Stadia is an upcoming game streaming service. You can stream games from the company’s servers to your television or mobile device. As with any streaming service, consumers have to be aware of internet restrictions and data caps imposed by their internet service providers (ISPs) like Comcast.

In the United States, many regions have 2 TB limits after which you may have to pay more. Stadia chief Phil Harrison believes that ISPs will raise data caps for game streaming services in the future. He said the following when speaking with GameSpot.

The ISPs have a strong history of staying ahead of consumer trend and if you look at the history of data caps in those small number of markets – and it’s actually a relatively small number of markets – the trend over time, when music streaming and download became popular, especially in the early days when it was not necessarily legitimate, data caps moved up. Then with the evolution of… film streaming, data caps moved up, and we expect that will continue to be the case… ISPs are smart… they understand that they’re in the business of keeping customers happy and keeping customers with them for a long time.

It seems quite…

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