Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Warner Backs Blu-ray, Tilting DVD Battle

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Jonathan King wrote:

> But Mike is being very pessimistic abount internet bandwidth. Our $35 
> per month internet service here (Verizon FIOS) is 5 Mb (bits!) per 
> second, but we could get 15 Mb (bits!) per second for $50.

OK, but your optic fiber system isn't available everywhere and, if my math 
was right, you need about 23 Mbps (bits again) to watch HD without 
starting the download well in advance of viewing.  But...


> That would be almost 2 MB (bytes!) per second. I don't know everything 
> about their infrastructure, but I do know they support HD cable on the 
> same fiber, suggesting to me that bandwidth per se is not the issue for 
> them.

I guess the point is that they can give us the bandwidth whenever they 
feel like it (when it's in their economic interest to do so) -- at least 
for those of us with certain kinds of connections like cable or fiber.

Are they already doing HD Pay Per View on cable?  DirecTV does it via 
satellite:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/packProg/channelChart2.jsp?assetId=1100088

They can give you the bandwidth when you pay $5 for it!

Thanks, Jon, I think I get it now.

Mike

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