Who will let me bundle DirecTV? NRTC has a program that does that, but their contract with DirecTV is under renegotiation, so they're not taking new customers.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Curtis Maurand" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:44 AM To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality > > Try talking to DirectTV or Dish Networks. They'll deal with you to > resell. > --C > Robert West wrote: >> Would the Free To Air stuff work at all? I have some customers who do >> Free >> To Air but I have yet to even look at one of their setups to see what >> type >> of content they are getting. But is Free To Air also Free to >> Rebroadcast??! >> >> >> I tried to deal with Time Warner as just being a reseller of their >> content >> but they just yawned. I wanted to setup a building to install the >> individual digital boxes in for each customer ant Time Warner would just >> install in that building as needed. Then stream the video channel to the >> customer. Not gonna fly with Time Warner. >> >> Anyone else out there doing TV over IP? How are you setting this up and >> how >> are you obtaining rights to rebroadcast the video content? Certainly >> there >> HAS to be a group that we can purchase content from. >> >> Bob- >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Mike Hammett >> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:14 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality >> >> I've looked into doing traditional TV over IP and wireless networks... >> You >> can't obtain a license for traditional TV over wireless networks. >> >> I wouldn't mind coming up with a half assed list of places of good video >> content. >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Clint Ricker" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:11 AM >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality >> >> >>> I am all too aware of the weakness of wireless networks in regards to >>> streaming of video. >>> >>> That said, I cannot see how over the top video is a bad thing for >>> independent ISPs, even if wireless technology has to make some progress >>> to >>> handle it. It removes triple play as a competitive advantage for your >>> competitors and hurts them a LOT more than it costs the independent >>> ISPs. >>> If anything, independent ISPs (especially wireline independent ISPs) >>> should >>> be advertising "Internet access, includes 10 million channels for FREE" >>> and >>> get people to shift the $1,500-$2,000 a year that they are spending on >>> triple play packages over your way. >>> >>> -Clint Ricker >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> This is imminent. The questions is: whose network? -RickG >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Robert West >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> One thing you can bank on, it WILL take hold. >>>>> >>>>> The need for more Bandwidth won't be stopped anytime soon, I believe. >>>>> Eventually most if not all communications will run over the same >>>>> network, >>>>> which if you think about it, all the communications out there seem to >>>>> >>>> touch >>>> >>>>> the internet at least in part. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> On >>>>> Behalf Of Clint Ricker >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:21 AM >>>>> To: WISPA General List >>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality >>>>> >>>>> For the mainstream ISPs (the big RBOCs and MSOs), their bandwidth >>>>> costs >>>>> >>>> are >>>> >>>>> very, very low and are a small fraction of their overall costs. >>>>> However, >>>>> that statement does ignore the costs of perpetually upgrading their >>>>> >>>> network >>>> >>>>> to handle larger volumes of bandwidth. From a cost perspective, that >>>>> is >>>>> >>>> the >>>> >>>>> main motivation for the big players to shape traffic. However, even >>>>> that >>>>> >>>> is >>>> >>>>> small compared to the potential loss of revenue if "over the top" >>>>> video >>>>> takes hold. >>>>> >>>>> -Clint >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> It's back.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,552503,00.html?test=latestnews >>>>>>> >>>>>> I am just waiting for them to say bitcaps are a no no. When you >>>>>> think >>>>>> about it with a bit cap you cannot really use the Internet to >>>>>> completely replace the catv or dish service. 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