Another example of why IP may not be the best way to deliver programming.
The bomb in Nashville on Christmas day in front of the AT&T building has
interrupted internet everywhere including many non-AT&T cell providers that
must use AT&T for a backbone. I cannot access my station in Nashville and
though it is still running, it is running Christmas programming. Have been
told by AT&T it will be days before things get back to normal because they
have to figure out if the building the switching and data center is in is
even safe to enter, then they have to get power back to the racks and after
that they start checking the racks for damage. My guess is a lot of plug-in
cards have been knocked loose since it shattered windows for several blocks
around.
And yes, I should have programmed it to switch playlist on Christmas
night but one does not expect a bomb to go off. Many of the local stations
had to switch from fiber back to STL Links.
I bet if many of the IP programmers could get together, they could get a
reasonable price of a Ku transponder. With MP4 you can get good SD quality
in 1 Mbit. The original Luken Retro feed on Ku was under 2 MBits and it was
clean and easy to set up. Just about any monkey can set up a Ku feed and the
programmer gets all of the Free-To-Air viewers. You can get a whole home
system for under $100 dollars. That will probably be the broadcast of the
future as they get sat time down. I predict we will see 24/7 Ku time in the
price range of tower rent. And no climbing on the roof. Bolt it to the side
of the house.
Rick Goetz
R & L Media Systems
(615) 826-0792
rickg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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