Pat Farrell;271248 Wrote: > jjanis wrote: > > Think about the bandwidth required to stream 1080p content to > thousands > > and millions of customers. Can you imagine it becoming available > anytime > > soon? I don't think so. > > Its available today in much of the developed world. > Not in most of the US because of monopoly telco resistance. Altho > Verizon is rolling out FIOS (fiber to the house) which is available > today in many areas. Korea and Japan are way ahead of the US in > broadband availability, faster and cheaper than we see in the US. > >
In Korea, Japan and some European countries, a high proportion of people live in urban apartment blocks so it is economical to run fibre to the basement. The economics are tougher to serve suburban detached populations with smaller population densities. -- mikerob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mikerob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=835 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43609 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
