[94118] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Wed Jan 10 01:55:42 2007
In-Reply-To: <2C225D33-A571-4CA7-881C-32B1E2611E89@corp.earthlink.net>
Cc: Bora Akyol <bora@broadcom.com>,
"Simon Lockhart" <simon@slimey.org>, Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com,
nanog@merit.edu
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:52:06 -0500
To: Gian Constantine <constantinegi@corp.earthlink.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:40 PM, Gian Constantine wrote:
> It would not be any easier. The negotiations are very complex. The
> issue is not one of infrastructure capex. It is one of jockeying
> between content providers (big media conglomerates) and the video
> service providers (cable companies).
Not necessarily. Depends on your business model.
Regards
Marshall
>
> Gian Anthony Constantine
> Senior Network Design Engineer
> Earthlink, Inc.
>
>
> On Jan 9, 2007, at 7:57 PM, Bora Akyol wrote:
>
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> An additional point to consider is that it takes a lot of effort and
>> $$$$ to get a channel allocated to your content in a cable network.
>>
>> This is much easier when TV is being distributed over the Internet.
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On
>>> Behalf Of Simon Lockhart
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:42 PM
>>> To: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
>>> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
>>> Subject: Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a
>>> day, continuously?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 07:52:02AM +0000,
>>> Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com wrote:
>>>> Given that the broadcast model for streaming content
>>>> is so successful, why would you want to use the
>>>> Internet for it? What is the benefit?
>>>
>>> How many channels can you get on your (terrestrial) broadcast
>>> receiver?
>>>
>>> If you want more, your choices are satellite or cable. To get
>>> cable, you
>>> need to be in a cable area. To get satellite, you need to
>>> stick a dish on
>>> the side of your house, which you may not want to do, or may
>>> not be allowed
>>> to do.
>>>
>>> With IPTV, you just need a phoneline (and be close enough to
>>> the exchange/CO
>>> to get decent xDSL rate). In the UK, I'm already delivering
>>> 40+ channels over
>>> IPTV (over inter-provider multicast, to any UK ISP that wants it).
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>
>>
>
