Compare the other international networks: - Internet - peer-to-peer, mixed bandwidth, interactive - PSTN* - one-to-one, fixed 64kbps bandwidth, switched - TV - omnidirectional, high bandwidth, broadcast - radio - omnidirectional, low bandwidth, broadcast
And these depreciated networks: - telex - one-to-one, fixed ultralow bandwidth, switched - X25 - one-to-one, fixed ultralow bandwidth, switched PSTN=Public switched telephone network "cloud", POTS, Telex, mobiles, WAP, viewdata TV=TV, teletext, OpenTV, MHEG5 etc 2009/12/15 Brian Butterworth <briant...@freeview.tv> > Another way of looking at TV is that is the delivery of audio visual > services using high capacity omnidirectional technology. > > 2009/12/15 Ian Stirling <backstage...@mauve.plus.com> > > Ian Stirling wrote: >> >>> Mo McRoberts wrote: >>> >>>> Discuss. >>>> >>>> >>> TV is live simultaneous transmission of pictures, where you can have a >>> large number of people over a significant distance watching one event. >>> >>> >> Or to be more accurate, simultanenous reception of a television program >> service licenced under the appropriate act of parlianment. >> >> (at least for some legal definitions) >> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please visit >> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >> > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
