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> > > So imagine a residential area all pulling digital video over wireless. > Sound familiar? Ironically close to TV! (yet so different) > > What I can't understand is why multicast hasn't just gone gangbusters into > use yet. I see it as a really pent-up capability that, in light of Because multicast standards was written by academic idiots. -:) Very difficult to use and full of unused features. (Do not believe? Read RSVP protocol - not exactly multicast but not far away from it). And because multicast protocols (unfortunately) are not easy to implement. It excuse this standards and their authors. I can predict one more 'skype' like company, with really robust protocol, catching multicast market. Something like 'peer to peer multicast' -:). > broadband video, etc., is just going to have to break wide open soon. > > Joe > > > > > Ross Hosman > <rosshosman To: Steve Sobol <[email protected]>, Fred Heutte <[email protected]> > @yahoo.com> cc: [email protected] > Sent by: Subject: Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? > owner-nanog > > > 05/12/2005 02:16 > PM > > > > > > > > Not pointing any fingers but many of you think these > small ISP's are just going to die off instead of > adapt. Wireless is becoming a better and more reliable > technology that in the future will be able to provide > faster service then FTTH. I know of atleast one small > ISP in Michigan that went from dial-up to deploying > wireless. With WiMAX coming out I think you will see a > number of smaller ISPs switching to it as a service. > It is also much cheaper to deploy a wireless network. > > Me personally, I think wireless is the future for > residential internet/tv/phone. > > Ross Hosman > Charter Communcations > > --- Steve Sobol <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Fred Heutte wrote: > > > (1) There will be a market for independent ISPs as > > long CLECs > > > > I think a more appropriate term would be ALEC > > > > (anti-competitive local exchange carrier) > > > > ...That having been said, the problem with the small > > guys providing access is > > they can't generally achieve the economies of scale > > that allow them to compete > > with the big guys. > > > > I'm on a Charter cablemodem, 3mbps down x 256kbps > > up, $39.95/month. Verizon is > > building out FTTH in this area and they're going to > > be offering 5x2 for $39.95 > > or 10x5 for $49.95, IIRC. Those are all residential > > prices, but Charter's > > actually pretty competitive on business rates too. > > > > And yes, there are people who value service over > > price, but the price > > differential is only going to get worse. > > > > > > -- > > JustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ > > - 888.480.4NET (4638) > > Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / > > [email protected] / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED > > > > "The wisdom of a fool won't set you free" > > --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" > > > > >
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