[opendtv] Re: Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)

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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