I couldn't imagine the product would be very popular if you had to wait for the download to finish (or a long buffer time). My thought was if it is downloaded once, it is never downloaded again. How many of us watch the same movie multiple times? I know several people that watch a movie and then will watch it with a friend shortly after (cutting the bandwidth in half in this situation).
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Mike Hammett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Depends... If they send a higher quality file because it doesn't need to > be > in real time, it could take more bandwidth. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Josh Luthman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:36 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information > > > With my consumer hat on I don't care if it is streaming or not really - > > they > > both of their small ups and downs. If I have to pay for storage it would > > bother me but I got the feeling they'll provide you with a unit that does > > the storage. > > > > With my WISP hat on I would prefer people to store the data as it could > > only > > cut down on bandwidth usage, of course. > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. > > --- Henry Spencer > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:21 PM, John Valenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> One nice feature of this Blockbuster device is that it seems to > >> download and store the video, so it doesn't rely on streaming. > >> Also, I looked at their website and it seems like the "good" videos > >> cost $3.99 (not 1.99). The videos did seem to be more recent than the > >> ones Netflix offers. > >> > >> On Nov 25, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > >> > >> >> From the article... > >> > > >> > "To help get its next downloading box into homes, Blockbuster is > >> > selling it > >> > as part of a $99 package that includes 25 on-demand rentals. After > >> > that, > >> > Blockbuster will charge at least $1.99 for each downloaded video." > >> > I sure wouldn't bite. 8.99/mo + Internet for unlimited or 1.99 + > >> > Internet > >> > per video. In four videos time you spent more money - I would have > >> > that > >> > covered in a day or two (and I'm sure I rank low on the TV watching > >> > scale). > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
