[opendtv] Re: Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:52:07 -0400
At 4:09 PM -0400 4/29/04, Kon Wilms wrote:
> > This doesn't mean that wireless and broadcast cannot work. But
>> it also doesn't mean that you can force-fit an application that
>> works well in a two-way system into a broadcast system, and
>> expect instant success.
>
>Right on the money.
>
>Also, just because you have a fat pipe doesn't mean people will use it
>if you send everything you can through it. I can't say how many times
>I've heard the excuse that datacasting will work because the pipe is
>either a full transponder worth, or 'opportunistically scaleable to
>19.2Mbits'.
>
The real benefit of data broadcasting comes from the ability to
integrate with other two-way components of the Internet. DTV can
become a fat pipe to push bits that are designed to be consumed by
the masses; this has the potential to significantly reduce traffic on
the two-way nets, which can be stressed by serving the same streams
to millions of users.
But we've been through all of this many times before.
Regards
Craig
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