[103951] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Nanog] ATT VP: Internet to hit capacity by 2010
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dragos Ruiu)
Fri Apr 18 18:57:51 2008
From: Dragos Ruiu <dr@kyx.net>
To: David Coulson <david@davidcoulson.net>
In-Reply-To: <48090854.1030005@davidcoulson.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:57:41 -0700
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 18-Apr-08, at 1:45 PM, David Coulson wrote:
> Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
>> I think that is based off the all American TV going to HDD that is
>> supposed to happen in 2009. ( I think I read that currently only 40%
>> of Americans have HDD TV's and the 60% were not going to buy one
>> until
>> it became too late. )
> This is not accurate. In 2009 the US is terminating analog (NTSC)
> transmission of 'over the air' broadcasts. It has nothing to do with
> 'high definition' broadcasts. OTA broadcasts will just be done using
> ATSC, rather than NTSC. It will continue to provide SD programming.
Bet you a beer it won't happen. :)
Just like the mandated HD broadcasts in top markets by 1997 or else
they lose license.
cheers,
--dr
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