When episode 7 was coming out a projectionist kid told me it took days to
download the movie - it was pretty good size, like 30 gigs.

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On Apr 11, 2016 9:22 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:

> Those movies are shipped via a large hard drive, not sure if it is
> rotating media or solid state.  Looks like a kids lunch box from 1966.  One
> projector operator I talked to said a 2 hour movie takes 2 hours to load
> into the projector.  But it does use the internet to turn on the
> projector.  The local theaters in some cases cannot turn the projector on
> or off by themselves.  It is under remote control from the distribution
> company.
>
> *From:* Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2016 7:12 AM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in
> KansasCity| Ars Technica
>
> Strange no one wants landline phone, but they want a giant TV that you can
> only watch at home, using Internet that only works at home.  Seems like a
> dead end technology to me.  Only good for seniors and kids.
>
> Some movie theaters by me have servers that bring actual food and drinks,
> the screen is humongous, and I’m told it doesn’t use the Internet at all.
> Maybe that is the next big thing.  What will we do with all those gigabit
> fiber links to our houses when no one wants them anymore, like landlines
> and pay phones.  Oh, right, the Internet of things.  Our things will watch
> TV while we’re at work.
>
>
> *From:* Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2016 1:33 AM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in
> Kansas City| Ars Technica
>
> Me thinks he is one of them millennials.
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 4/10/2016 4:13 PM, Josh Baird wrote:
>
> So you are doing 3-4TB/month to your house?
>
> That's a *bit* on the high side, I would think.
>
> On Apr 10, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote:
>
> My house runs between 10-15 Mbps sustained. When we do our 4K upgrade next
> year, that will be between 50-75Mbps sustained depending on HDR/non-hdr
> content and codec type.
> On Apr 10, 2016 5:34 PM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Me too. Just checked our traffic, and we've actually got a 95th
>> percentile of less than 500 Kbps (although in November/December we were
>> running closer to 1.5 Mbps). We can go way higher than that due mostly to
>> where we are on the network, but we can't (or don't choose to) saturate our
>> online-ness like a millennial.
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>
>> On 4/10/2016 3:24 PM, George Skorup wrote:
>>
>> I can get 30Mbps at home on my 450. I might hit 25-30 to download windows
>> updates or a game patch or something, but my average is less than a meg.
>> Would I notice if I had only 10Mbps, probably not. And yeah, mine is free.
>> :)
>>
>> I guess I'm just not an average millennial. Meh.
>>
>> On 4/10/2016 5:06 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>
>> I’m talking about Comcast’s $10 Internet Essentials.
>> https://internetessentials.com/
>>
>> Available if child qualifies for school lunch program.  Not a contract or
>> promo price.  And you don’t have to live in public housing.
>>
>> I do realize typical residential pricing is around $50/mo.  What I’m
>> saying is the “free” price was ridiculous, especially since Google Fiber is
>> so holier-than-thou showing the other ISPs how it’s done.  It was either a
>> stunt to get municipal approval, or they honestly believed 10 Mbps was so
>> lame that most people would rather pay for gigabit.
>>
>> No matter what their logic, increasing your minimum tier from $0 to $50
>> is a helluva price increase.  It would certainly seem to offer the local
>> cable and telephone companies an opportunity to offer 10 Mbps at something
>> less than $50, maybe around $30.  And maybe get some cable TV revenue.
>> Because lots of people will still be happy with a meager 10 Mbps if it’s
>> affordable, no matter what the elites think.  Just like some people are
>> fine with French’s mustard instead of Grey Poupon, and beer instead of wine.
>>
>>
>> *From:* Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:45 PM
>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in
>> Kansas City| Ars Technica
>>
>>
>> I am under the impression you are not familiar with common metro
>> broadband pricing.
>>
>> Honestly.
>>
>> I have a rather large spreadsheet of major North American fiber / cable /
>> DSL providers, contracts, misc fees, etc.
>>
>> Once you get past the "contract promo" pricing, seeing 10Mbps for $45-55+
>> a month is far from uncommon - especially for the cable cos, which sucks
>> when you see that 10Mbps stay at 2-4Mbps during peak because of how vastly
>> over provisioned much of those networks are.
>>
>> That said, their 1Gbps pricing (which they want customers on, as gpon
>> ports aren't free in the strategic sense) really stoked a fire under most
>> of the providers asses.
>> On Apr 10, 2016 4:38 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Free was silly.  But hiking the minimum tier from $0 to $50 is kind of
>>> extreme.  They must have been surprised how many people were OK with a mere
>>> 10 Mbps at America’s favorite price.
>>>
>>> Comcast’s $10 price is more reasonable than either $0 or $50.
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:31 PM
>>> *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com>
>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in
>>> Kansas City| Ars Technica
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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