It’s why I’ve held off for as long as I have. None of the options were right. They either required expensive private lines, or the costs were so high I ended up making no profit and I felt like it was too expensive to try to sell to the end user. Or the quality of the feed was junk.
Just give me a set of the channels folks want to watch for $30-$40/month and I can sell it. I can’t sell a service where I need a $1,500/month private line. Or where the monthly rate ends up being $60 when I mark it up. Or where the provider takes their entire head end down for a day while they move it. > On Feb 23, 2018, at 19:01, Clint Wiley <cl...@hagerstownfiber.com> wrote: > > That’s actually a good point. This is a rapidly moving area. I don’t want to > choose the wrong technology/solution. > > Thanks, > _________________________ > Clint Wiley > Hagerstown Fiber Internet > > > On Feb 23, 2018, at 6:23 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> The statement of the week... >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> >> The Brothers WISP >> >> >> >> >> From: "Matt Hoppes" <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 5:04:40 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RodeoTV vs. RealChoice TV >> >> Maybe. Time will tell. >> >> On Feb 23, 2018, at 17:46, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: >> >> I think those that go over the public Internet don't have nearly the same >> lineup. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> >> The Brothers WISP >> >> >> >> >> From: ch...@wbmfg.com >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 4:16:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RodeoTV vs. RealChoice TV >> >> Well, the are all allowing all the other streamers to deliver it via the >> public internet, why not RCTV? >> >> Does not seem fair to discriminate against the smaller companies like this. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Clint Wiley >> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 3:12 PM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RodeoTV vs. RealChoice TV >> >> I agree that a VPN makes plenty of sense. I get why they do it but it adds >> an expense that may take me a good bit of time to recover. >> >> Thanks, >> _________________________ >> >> Clint Wiley >> Hagerstown Fiber Internet >> >> > On Feb 23, 2018, at 4:56 PM, "ch...@wbmfg.com" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> > >> > That is not by choice. The content providers all have a different >> > tolerance as to how their product is piped around. RealChoice could drop >> > it and probably ship the product over the public internet and never get >> > caught, however they risk losing channels if they ever get caught. >> > >> > Not sure what their current deal is, when I was working with them I was >> > trying to get the programmers to allow content via VPN or VLAN over VPN >> > (silly, right) over the public internet. Some of them were OK with it. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoppes >> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 2:46 PM >> > To: af@afmug.com >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RodeoTV vs. RealChoice TV >> > >> > RealChoice would be a great option if they would drop their private line >> > requirement. >> > >> >> On Feb 23, 2018, at 15:39, Clint Wiley <cl...@hagerstownfiber.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I wanted to see if any of you are offering IPTV to your customers. If so, >> >> are any of you using either RodeoTV or RealChoice TV as the wholesale >> >> provider? Can any of you provide feedback, thoughts, experiences, etc. on >> >> either provider? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> _________________________ >> >> Clint Wiley >> >> Hagerstown Fiber Internet >> >> >>
