On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Todd Vierling wrote:
(...The frustrating part about those figures is that I might as well have
FTTH, because my DSLAM is less than 50 feet from my premises -- it's in a
green-monster canister on the corner of the block. The modem says I *could*
attain better than 9Mbps
On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Randy Bush wrote:
when you have a giant company with a broken business model,
send in the lawyers and lobbyists to extend it a few years.
after all, it's kinda working for the mpa and riaa.
Several companies made presentations at the same Bank of America
investor's
smells to me of our backbone just can't support that network
neutrality stuff. we need to limit all those folk who won't
pay us more money. and the hellcos need to get out of their
promises of ftth and etth.
face it. the packet transport business is in a keen contest
for financial unviability
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Simon Lockhart wrote:
On Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 01:26:51PM -0600, Frank Bulk wrote:
The majority of U.S.-based IP TV deployments are not using MPEG-4
Agreed. However, I'd say that any IPTV provider currently using MPEG2 would
be planning a migration to MPEG4/H.264 - half
On Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 08:58:25AM -0700, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
Anyone looking to do HD will be looking at H.264, and looking to bring the
bandwidth requirement down to 8-10Mbps. That is certainly more practical
with ADSL2+ deployments (unless you want more than one STB per DSL).
US homes
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
In the foreseeable future, having a 15 Mbps Internet capability is irrelevant
because the backbone doesn't transport at those speeds, he told the
conference attendees. Stephenson said that ATT's field tests have shown no
discernable difference
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060331-6498.html
In the foreseeable future, having a 15 Mbps Internet capability is
irrelevant because the backbone doesn't transport at those speeds, he
told the conference attendees. Stephenson said that
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
But I think Mr. Stephenson's point was a network bottleneck is not always
based on the access link speed some ISPs put in their advertising.
There are also differences in how people use the network. Power
users and gamers
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 05:25:40AM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
[snip]
But I think Mr. Stephenson's point was a network bottleneck is not always
based on the access link speed some ISPs put in their advertising. Just go
to any ISP user forum and you will see long threads complaining they can
If ATT is really claiming that their backbone has less than 15 Mbps
capacity (which
is how the backbone doesn't transport at those speeds reads in
plain English), this is either
- an April Fools joke or
- pitiful.
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
On Apr 1, 2006, at 1:50 AM, Bruce Pinsky wrote:
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
If ATT is really claiming that their backbone has less than 15 Mbps
capacity (which is how the backbone doesn't transport at those speeds
reads in plain English), this is either
Maybe they meant that the typical end-user windows IP stack has small
: Saturday, April 01, 2006 1:16 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATT: 15 Mbps Internet connections irrelevant
MA Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 08:34:36 +0200 (CEST)
MA From: Mikael Abrahamsson
MA http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060331-6498.html
MA
MA In the foreseeable future, having a 15 Mbps
JL Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:02:13 -0500 (EST)
JL From: Jon Lewis
JL Maybe they meant that the typical end-user windows IP stack has small enough
JL TCP windows that when you take into account typical latency across the
JL internet, those users just can't utilize their high bandwidth links due to
At 02:02 PM 4/1/2006, you wrote:
Could be either. Did you happen to catch the woman from Verizon at
the last NANOG who was sure parts of New Orleans were 2 miles below
sea level? Maybe that was a really early AFJ.
Maybe it's the lost city of Atlantis or maybe she was confused about
meters
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 08:34:36AM +0200, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060331-6498.html
In the foreseeable future, having a 15 Mbps Internet capability is
irrelevant because the backbone doesn't transport at those speeds, he
told the conference
FB Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 13:26:51 -0600
FB From: Frank Bulk
FB The majority of U.S.-based IP TV deployments are not using MPEG-4, in fact,
FB you would be hard-pressed to find an MPEG-4 capable STB working with
FB middleware.
*nod*
Again, I don't see how ATT can claim DSL is fast enough in one
On Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 01:26:51PM -0600, Frank Bulk wrote:
The majority of U.S.-based IP TV deployments are not using MPEG-4
Agreed. However, I'd say that any IPTV provider currently using MPEG2 would
be planning a migration to MPEG4/H.264 - half the bandwidth means double the
channels.
in
On Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 08:43:54PM +, Edward B. DREGER wrote:
I'm curious how program content is currently stored. (Note that I'm
totally ignoring live broadcast.) If MPEG-2, I'd guess conversion to
MPEG-4 might produce less-than-desirable image quality.
Whilst MPEG-2 for broadcast
I archive NTSC video in MPEG-2 at roughly 30 Mbps.
That way, there are no worries about future codecs being too good for
the archives.
Regards
Marshall
On Apr 1, 2006, at 3:58 PM, Simon Lockhart wrote:
On Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 08:43:54PM +, Edward B. DREGER wrote:
I'm curious how
Hello;
On Apr 1, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Simon Lockhart wrote:
On Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 01:26:51PM -0600, Frank Bulk wrote:
The majority of U.S.-based IP TV deployments are not using MPEG-4
Agreed. However, I'd say that any IPTV provider currently using
MPEG2 would
be planning a migration to
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Frank Bulk wrote:
Yes, there are quite a few MPEG4-capable STB vendors with lots of middleware
vendors standing behind them, but I challenge you to document one
STB/middleware combination in GA. I haven't seen it. Talk to me in six
months, and it will be a different
satellite, not using ATT last-mile's infrastructure, which
initiated this thread.
Frank
-Original Message-
From: Matt Ghali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:05 PM
To: Frank Bulk
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: ATT: 15 Mbps Internet connections irrelevant
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Edward B. DREGER wrote:
Again, I don't see how ATT can claim DSL is fast enough in one
breath, then turn around and say they're ready to deliver IPTV.
This has been covered in other public presentations. The access
link for VDSL2 has about 25Mbps at the proposed distances.
Google for: telecommunications bill 2006
Eddy
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