[opendtv] Re: News: The Internet revolution is about to be televised
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:03:29 -0500
> > And where it's feasible in practice, they will. The
> > simple fact is, what real world IPTV nets end up being
> > more similar to cable plants than to your notion of
> > TV over the public Internet. Whether for reasons of
> > security, QoS concerns, or the nature of the cable
> > plant itself.
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>
> We disagree.
>
> > So for example, IPTV nets will simply become another
> > multichannel gate keeper. This is the reality, not
> > the fantasy. Context is everything. Better re-read
> > Doc's post, Craig.
>
> I did. You're the odd man out.
Chuckle.
At 4:01 PM -0600 2/28/05, John McClenny wrote:
>
> This makes an IPTV and a MSO network look just about
> the same from an application perspective.
Perhaps you need to read more carefully, then.
> It is going to be EXPENSIVE for the cable guys to
> migrate from hundreds of subscribers per loop to the
> end game of 25-50 subscribers per loop.
If the IPTV net deployed a PON, how many households
would share the same passive distribution, and how much
less expensive would it be to decrease that number
of households?
Get it?
Bert
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