Good story :) I used this argument last time we had the HD discussion - it died without comment, except from Adam.
Apart from the waste of energy & unnecessary cost that someone will have to pick up somewhere, we *will* face repercussions from unnecessary use of huge HD video files. Cisco reported in June 2009 that: "Internet video is now approximately one-third of all consumer Internet traffic, not including the amount of video exchanged through P2P file sharing. The sum of all forms of video (TV, video on demand, Internet, and P2P) will account for over 91 percent of global consumer traffic by 2013. Internet video alone will account for over 60 percent of all consumer Internet traffic in 2013." My ISP here in our London office has started throttling our ADSL broadband - presumably because we use lots of video. Upload speeds have died - it took me 45 minutes to upload a 30mb video yesterday. It's been happening every day for the last month - our usage goes up, the speeds die. We're supposed to have 10mbps unlimited bandwidth connection. And the ISP (not my choice) is the main telecom company here: BT, who control the network. A sign of things to come. I have heard that speeds are also an issue in Australia (where Adrian and Dave both are) - and a friend in South Africa tells me that streaming YouTube videos is a problem, even in downtown Johannesburg. Certainly, in my book this is another big reason why it's not OK to tell people they shouldn't be shooting in low resolutions. If you don't need to use HD (and why do you need to use HD for personal / family videoblogging like Adam & I do?) then using it is akin to using a gas guzzling SUV to do the school run. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 11 Feb 2010, at 10:11, Adrian Miles wrote: > hi all > > On 11/02/2010, at 8:13 PM, adammerc...@att.net wrote: > > > Also there is the question of bandwidth and I've had this argument > > with several people, and I'm often in the minority. But i believe my > > position so I stand by it. Bandwidth is not free, contrary to > > popular opinion. Someone somewhere is paying for it. We wil all pay > > for it if the ISPs want to throttle their networks thanks to every > > tom dick and harry publishing HD video of their son on a swing, thus > > choking up the networks with unnecessary bits. your content may very > > well warrant the higher quality. Thats your choice. Miine does not. > > Thats my choice. > > really want to second this. In a world where sustainability really is > an issue network sustainability (which includes bandwidth) *is* > significant. You can't pump big video into most of the world. For some > projects that does not matter, but for many it does. I remember > teaching Masters students in Norway who scoffed at what I showed them > in QuickTime for compression and editing, pointing out that downstairs > they had Avids, 3 chip cameras etc. Half of these students were on > scholarships from the developing world. I asked them "so, when you go > home and out to a school, do you want everyone to be able to shoot and > edit and publish video for a $30 bit of software, or do you want to > tell them that they can only tell their stories when they learn how to > use, own, maintain, an Avid?" Every one of them shut up and started > playing. Today I could have the same conversation with them about > bandwidth. > > cheers > Adrian Miles > adrian.mi...@rmit.edu.au > Program Director, Bachelor of Communication Honours > vogmae.net.au/research/contact-me/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
