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- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 03:01:15 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
We were talking about killing live linear TV networks.
Are you using the "royal we" here, Craig? It's a no brainer that multiple Gb/s
of network capacity should not be wasted, 24/7/365, on channels that no one is
watching 24/7/365. I have no idea why this terrifies you. I said a zillion
times that people's viewing habits determine what is transmitted and when.
Dynamically.
I am describing the realities of the TV business.
Yes, Craig, ca. 1950, or perhaps ca. 1978, with advent of cable.
But content is moving behind pay walls,
Some might be, but this has NOTHING to do with what a standard receiver or STB
needs to look like, or how programs are delivered. It's another topic entirely.
So the answer is 19%.
Okay, so from last year to this year, the number of homes served by broadband
increased from about 70+% to 81%. Not bad, I'd say.
For the purposes of supporting IP-based TV sets or STBs, therefore, it looks
like 19% of households would be out of luck. So, the easiest/cheapest way to
reduce that number is to add those households, as much as possible, to existing
PONs. A small percentage would need either satellite broadband or WISP rural
service.
It's obvious that expanding broadband with the most cost effective means
permits broadband to be made available at the lowest cost to the subscriber.
How does eliminating the broadcast streams change anything?
See above.
And it could make it more expensive for many families that would
need more bandwidth
Bull. The way you keep prices high is to create artificial shortages. Which is
the case now.
Bert
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