Posted by Goro on 02/25/06 17:28

Bob wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:42:38 GMT, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> >current broadband isn't good enough for video downloads
>
> You are thinking of Internet access. But what about between the ISP to
> home network? That runs on an internal network and does not access the
> Internet. I am using Road Runner in Houston and can get 4Mb/s (400
> KB/s) download speed between my cable box and their servers.
>
> If AOL Time Warner Cable Co, owners of RR, put a bigmutha server farm
> in Houston, then I could get a 400 MB XviD avi (a 45 minute episode
> with adequate resolution for a 19" viewscreen) in 1000 seconds (17
> min). That's a helluva lot easier than the NF or BB hassle.
>
> I rounded the numbers to make the calculation easy, but you get the
> idea.

I get 6Mbps right now and for $15 more can get 9Mbps. It doesn'ttake
long to download DVD5s, and i can get 720p HD Xvids (generally 715MB)
very quickly. Add in a few minuntes to PAR, unRAR, and then watch...

> Pay for view is nothing new, and putting the content on a VCR is
> nothing new either. If the studios would not be greedy, then they
> could make a huge shitpot of easy money. But they must not restrict
> the content for the user who paid for it.

IAWTS. Studios will end up making big bucks on it, regardless, just as
they did with DVDs and VHS. They'll fight it and fsck it up for a
while, but eventually it'll be useful... i hope.

-goro-

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