[opendtv] Re: Last Mile Broadband HD Options
- From: Branislavl <branislavl@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 14:54:12 -0500 (EST)
THAT IS ALREADY IN PRACTICE WITH MYSELF AS I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY INTERNET TV
PROVIDER WITH THOUSANDS OF CHANNELS AND LETS SAY SKYPE. COMPUTER DOES IT ALL
AND FREE. MY INTERNET TV PROVIDER IS FREE OF CHARGE SO I DONT PAY NOTHING FOR
VIEWING TV NETWORKS. I CAN EVEN MAKE MY OWN NETWORK JUST BY MAKING A WEB SITE
AND PROGRAMMING VIDEOS TO AIR 24/7 (LOADING CONTENT) AND YOU CAN FOR A SMALL
FEE.
Branislav Lucic
BranislavL@xxxxxxx
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From: TLM <TLM@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: opendtv <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Mar 1, 2013 11:43 am
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Last Mile Broadband HD Options
An interesting side note - during WWII most of the German telephone
infrastructure was destroyed. When it was rebuilt, it was done so in the
way people who build BMWs, Porsches and Mercedes always do: World Class.
From what I hear from my German friends, they have one of the best DSL
systems on the planet.
One conclusion you could draw from what you say below would be that with the
right STB (say from Intel for example) I could pay my cable company to be
only my broadband service provider (I think I pay ~$45/month for that, but
as you mention there are other choices), with no TV channels at all, and get
everything else off the Internet with a PVR included (instead of paying my
cable company ~$15/month for PVR on top of the regular fee for my cable STB,
~$145/month all told).
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From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:39 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Last Mile Broadband HD Options
Tom McMahon wrote:
> Hi - what are the various broadband options these days for getting HD
> over the InterNet into the Consumer Household? Both streaming and
> download.
You are talking technology rather than service, right? Because "HD" over the
Internet is available over any of these options. Although it doesn't
necessarily compare with OTA HD.
1. Cable modems. Cable companies converted their infrastructure to two-way,
using a hybrid of fiber and coax, where the fiber part has been getting
closer and closer to individual homes. Now fiber stretches into
neighborhoods.
2. xDSL. Uses fiber to various locations in the core telco network, getting
closer and closer to individual homes. The fastest version deployed in the
US I think goes to 25 Mb/s down. In principle, xDSL can extend to just
beyond 50 Mb/s down, but the copper cable length becomes limited to 300
meters.
3. FiOS. It is very similar in concept to #1, but the fiber has been
extended to the outside wall of each house. And the coax part is only inside
the house. So it's hybrid fiber coax taken to the extreme, if you will.
If you get broadband from a cable TV company, they will hook you up with a
cable modem.
If you get generic broadband from a telco, you xDSL.
If you get AT&T U-verse TV service, you also get xDSL.
If you get Verizon TV, you get FiOS. You can also get FiOS without any TV
channels. Just telephone and broadband. But Verizon doesn't want to deploy
that much fiber all over the US, so they are only planning for 20 percent
coverage and are making deals with cable companies, for the rest of their
customers. Weird.
In Europe, xDSL is the most popular broadband link technology.
Bert
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