> One of the hungrier applicatinos for example is streaming video, but once someone is stably hitting ~50-100 Mbps they're already at what a full quality Blu-ray would offer, even without H.265, and with H.265 even 4K is going to look pretty great.
When more bandwidth gets deployed someone will roll out more bandwidth-consuming video.
near and mid term: 4k, 3D, 10bit, 4:4:4, 60fps, lossless sound
And that's not opinion: that's a fact of life in tech that repeats endlessly. Induced demand, Jevons paradox, Parkinson's law... the principle shows up endlessly.
Now, what effect it would have on a 1Gbit anonymity network is anyone's guess. All the streaming and web apps on my network don't really impact its normal performance because they're much slower than it. So, this concern might not affect what the other commenter proposes in practice.
When more bandwidth gets deployed someone will roll out more bandwidth-consuming video.
near and mid term: 4k, 3D, 10bit, 4:4:4, 60fps, lossless sound
long term: 120fps, 8k, light field 3D