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Game streaming will never take off until we all have high speed totally reliable internet access.

Reason:

if I download Forza 7 (110GB) it comes via asynchronous communication, it doesn't matter how long or at what speed.

if I want to stream Forza 7 the data stream has to be continuous and fast, one drop out or interruption will cause my race to end.

I currently have 80Mb/s internet which is very reliable, except in certain weather conditions when it does a very good yoyo simulation.

Also there probably is not enough bandwidth for everyone to stream their favourite game/movie/tv show/etc.....

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