You got to remember a T1 can only deliver like 500GB per month. Comcast users are complaining with 250mb bit caps. And remember 900Mhz APs can only deliver about 2 mbps real world (after considering not all packets are full size packets). All it takes is 1 or 2 TIVO/NetFLIX customers, and the 900Mhz network to the community is destroyed. Its not an issue of "cost", its an issue of "available spectrum." If there is 50 consumers in a 900Mhz market area, with it their only source for broadband, is it fair to give all teh capacity to 1 or 2 people, at the expense of the others suffering? Its about sharing for the common good, and the good will that comes with it. There just isn't enough capacity to use it for that application. There is this mentality that consumers often have that is flawed of, they can just transfer the masssive data at night when nobody is using the network. They don't realize that the only non-peak usage time is between 1am and 6am, about 5 hours, which capacity can be used up by 1 customer, to do their NetFlix/Tivo HD movie download update.
Its a completely different story, in areas where we can get away with 30mbps OFDM Sectors, FED by 300mbps backhauls, and GB fiber. These areas can use Tivo and Netflix all they want, and I don't even have to charge them. But its a big problem, in NLOS markets. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Belton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Netflix and TiVo > If I'm a water company the more water I sell the better. If I'm an > electric > company the more electricity I sell the better. > > So, how is this Netflix/Tivo deal a bad thing for an ISP? I see this as > simply more pressure on the ISP industry as a whole to increase prices > and/or move to a consumption model no different than the aforementioned. > > Best, > > > Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of CHUCK PROFITO > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:20 AM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: [WISPA] Netflix and TiVo > > Netflix and TiVo are getting together.. more bandwidth anybody? Labor > and > postage gone, and we deliver it (nearly free) at the customer expense ! > > http://tinyurl.com/6286v8 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
