It's especially worrisome with Newegg and Tiger selling cheap off brand 4K's under 500 bucks. And Roku is starting a big sale this week. I've already had calls this morning if customers current bandwidth will stream 4k. NOPE sorry.. Then I tell them what package we do offer that will support it and they freek out. Like I'm gona give bandwidth away for free. GEEZ
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 8:30 AM, That One Guy via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > This is going to make for an ugly christmas season. > If we had customer service who was firm it wouldnt be an issue "we dont > offer that speed currently" > but instead, the customers on 900 will be the ones who get the tv, and the > subscription and call in, and CS will keep saying, well isnt there anything > we can do for this guy in the middle of the forrest with the 300 foot cable > run? and Ill have to go home and punch one of my children, probably the > boy, Im kind of afraid of the girl. > > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A quick Google search comes up with Audials and Playlater. It does >> not appear to be rocket science. >> >> *From:* Jason McKemie via Af <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 10:18 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amazon >> streaming 4Know. >> >> I'd think if someone could figure out a way to get the movies from RAM, >> they could also figure out a way to capture them from a stream. >> >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Travis Johnson via Af <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Because then people could "save" the movies in RAM, and someone would >>> figure out a way to be able to download them and put them on the Internet >>> for free. >>> >>> It's a licensing issue... that's why "streaming" is OK. >>> >>> Travis >>> >>> On 12/9/2014 7:00 PM, Bill Prince via Af wrote: >>> >>> That 187MB translates to only about 11.25 GB per hour. Why not stick in >>> a 32GB memory and be done? That would be almost 3 hours of buffer. >>> >>> -- >>> bp >>> <part {dash} 15 {at} SkylineBroadbandService {dot} com> >>> >>> >>> On 12/9/2014 4:50 PM, Travis Johnson via Af wrote: >>> >>> It's really too bad that the devices that support all these streaming >>> services can't have a larger buffer. I'm sure it's part of their licensing >>> deals, but if they could buffer 60 seconds of stream (at any quality), they >>> would have much fewer support calls for streaming issues, etc. >>> >>> Using Netflix's 25Mbps for 4k, that works out to 187.5MB of storage >>> space. At current RAM prices, you can buy a 256MB module for $15 full >>> retail... so places like Samsung can probably buy them in quantity for less >>> than $2. Seems like it would be worth it to pay an extra $10 for a >>> TV/DVD/PS4/Wii-U device that could handle 60 seconds of video. >>> >>> Travis >>> >>> On 12/9/2014 5:34 PM, Sterling Jacobson via Af wrote: >>> >>> That’s pretty cool. >>> >>> >>> >>> You can do 4k direct from Youtube. >>> >>> >>> >>> Several of the ones I’ve tested are sustained around 20-30Mbps. >>> >>> >>> >>> But on my network it tends to burst to 90Mbps then sit around for a >>> while, then burst back to 90Mbps. >>> >>> >>> >>> I think the 4k will require a lot of optimizations before it works on >>> the built in TV’s. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >>> Behalf Of *Jerry Richardson via Af >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 5:12 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amazon >>> streaming 4K now. >>> >>> >>> >>> Lovely >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >>> Behalf Of *Ryan Ghering via Af >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:38 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amazon streaming >>> 4K now. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-starts-4k-uhd-streams/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Ryan Ghering >>> Network Operations - Plains.Net >>> Office: 970-848-0475 - Cell: 970-630-1879 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > -- Ryan Ghering Network Operations - Plains.Net Office: 970-848-0475 - Cell: 970-630-1879
