[opendtv] Re: Google Fiber and Verizon FiOS
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 02:58:41 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
No. The infrastructure is not in place to move everyone from the
current MPEG-2 TS streams to IP streams at this time.
As in several cycles of this same point that have already occurred, your
proclamations are unfounded, Craig. The switch can occur a lot faster than you
think, in large measure because a lot more people are already streaming than
you think. Do not forget that you responded this same way, quite some time ago,
when you thought that only 4% of video content was being streamed. Wrong then,
wrong now. The switch can happen about as fast as individuals can make the
switch themselves.
You told us that 25/3 is not needed for streaming,
I repeat: 25/3 is not mandatory for streaming. Stat mux works, and streaming
protocols adjust to the bandwidth they have.
Those alarm system use a traditional POTS line.
Those alarm systems "use a traditional POTS line," which continues to exist
when one has DSL. And furthermore, there is no way that you can call an alarm
system "POTS." It's an entirely different type of service. So once again, what
has happened is that the twisted pair infrastructure has been repurposed. NOT
that the masses are hanging onto those twisted pair, only because they're
luddites who can't get beyond the old analog wired telephone.
As I said, the telcos are stretching out the End of Life
Just as cable companies are doing, with coax. They repurposed the
infrastructure, using it for new services, to extend the transition to FTTH, to
make it more affordable. That's entirely different from luddites who insist on
watching by appointment TV through their legacy rented STB.
But those streams will not be anywhere near the quality of 3-4
HD streams delivered via MPEG-2TS.
"Anywhere near?" Says who? Prove it. For one thing, a lot of what's on MPEG-2
TS now is very compressed, because it is wastefully broadcast 24/7. You may
easily get better quality, on a unicast with an edge media server. I get better
quality in my streaming TV content, over DSL, than (for example) I get out of
France 24 broadcasts, which are one stream of six, in the 6 MHz multiplex.
But that was not via the Internet. The vast majority of this
was MVPD DVRs.
Really Craig? Vast majority? What was the perentage of time-shifted viewing, 1
1/2 years ago, that was DVR as opposed to streaming? By now you should have
that memorized. Fact remains, people are not watching a whole lot of linear TV
anymore. There is REAL demand, as you say, for time shifted viewing. And for
this time shifted viewing, or for binge viewing, DVRs are fading into the
sunset. People stream, these days. They know how.
It's not collusion. They need people to be able to access content
from all of the congloms.
If the networks can force people to buy bundles, on a monopolistic medium,
arranging the price among themselves, take it or leave it, that's collusion. On
the Internet, instead, people DO NOT need to buy those
rammed-down-their-throats bundles, they don't even need to find all the TV
networks at the same web site. We already saw articles that explained this
phenomenon. Networks will definitely go it alone, or use combinations of
formats, if by doing so they capture more eyeballs. It's called greed, Craig,
and that's how business has to work. Networks are already using a mix of OTT
sites, not just one solution, so that's settled.
They cannot become national services because of licensing
restrictions.
BS. Licenses are constantly being revised, depending on the best interests of
the content owner. Once again, consult with Dish, and find out how it's done.
Don't tell me it can't be done.
That's bull. They never blocked any service.
That's bull. They behaved exactly as one would expect, but at exactly the wrong
time for their cause. If net neutrality was no big deal for them, as you
insist, there wouldn't have been all the uproar. They would have shrugged it
off. The fact that it caused so much angst is what proves you wrong, Craig.
What monopoly has remained, the broadband medium, is mandated to be service-
and content-neutral. Huge difference.
Bert
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