Try Stranger Things on Netflix if you haven't already. Super well done
show.
On 8/9/2019 11:23 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Strange, my recent experience does not agree with yours or Nate’s. I
find that if I increase customer speed plans, usage goes up, and
nobody notices. And new customers that sign up for a 10M plan peg at
10M during Netflix hour, customers that sign up for 15M or 25M same
thing. I was expecting there would be a quantum jump from 6M for best
quality HD to ~20M for UHD, but they seem to be able to run at 10M or
15M if that’s what the customer has. Judging from the traffic graphs,
I don’t think it’s necessarily multiple streams adding up to use that
much, although that happens also.
My belief is there’s a lag as people buy new streaming devices. A lot
of older streaming sticks and Rokus and stuff were not 4K capable,
while anything new you buy probably is. People also tend to be cheap
about streaming devices – Firesticks are popular. But because they’re
so cheap, people get new ones, and a lot of new hardware is 4K
capable. Soon 4K will be mainstream. Not sure that will be true of
8K, it could flop like 3D TV.
I was being a bit facetious about cartoons and My Little Pony,
probably those aren’t available in UHD or maybe even HD. But in the
evening, people are mostly watching recent movies and exclusive
content type TV shows, and those are likely to be available in
whatever quality your connection can support, if your streaming device
can do it.
I’m constantly amazed how much video people watch because personally I
can’t find that much I want to watch. But I think the difference is
the exclusive content. You have to get hooked on a certain show and
then you either watch it every week (for 2 seasons until it gets
cancelled) or you binge watch it. I can’t invest in shows like that
so I’m stuck looking for a movie or a rerun TV show on Netflix I want
to watch and frankly there’s not enough of that to spend hours per day
unless you’ll literally watch anything.
*From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected]
*Sent:* Friday, August 9, 2019 10:04 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Small climate controlled enclosure
I learned years ago that my backbone does not go up when I increase
speed packages. Back 15 years ago, when we were facing heavy
competitive pressures, I doubled everyone from 128 to 256 and then to
512 kbps without increasing prices. Made customers happy. Did not
increase my costs. That was a surprise to me. Just made the whole
system more efficient. People get on and off faster.
*From:*Ken Hohhof
*Sent:*Friday, August 9, 2019 8:23 AM
*To:*'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Small climate controlled enclosure
Bury it in the ground? I have a customer with a house that is mostly
buried in the ground, and I think adobe houses similarly use the
thermal mass of the bricks to average out t he daytime and nighttime
temperatures.
There have been news reports recently about advances in radiative
cooling that can passively cool to as much as 20 degrees below ambient
air temperature even during the heat of the day, by radiating the heat
into space. Requires a coating that reflects all incoming sunlight.
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-energy-saving-radiative-cooling-ready-real-world.html
*From:*AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*On Behalf Of *David Coudron
*Sent:* Friday, August 9, 2019 7:34 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Small climate controlled enclosure
We have had pretty good luck fan cooling using relays. Seems very
reliable, but of course will only cool to ambient temp and you have to
be open to the outside. If you need a fully closed and cooled
enclosure you probably will have to buy a good enclosure and purchase
the cooling separately from what we have found by doing a quick look
in the past. Polycase and FactoryMation have pretty good prices on
decent enclosures. Kooltronic and others make closed loop AC/cooling
for enclosures but we haven’t dug too deep on them as fans seem to
handle the issues for now.
Regards,
David Coudron
*From:*AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie
*Sent:* Thursday, August 8, 2019 5:32 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Small climate controlled enclosure
I'm looking for a small enclosure that has either AC or TEC cooling to
house a PON OLT and power equipment. Would be nice if someone made an
outdoor rated PON OLT that is affordable, but those don't seem to
exist. I would be attaching this enclosure to a utility pole.
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