Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:20:36 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dinosaur ? Unicast : Multicast ;-) Message-ID: <199909170020.RAA06124@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:43:44 EDT." <199909162243.SAA93367@whizzo.transsys.com>
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> I have a certain bit of experience with commercial multicast services, > and the problem isn't technology- it's a business/financial problem. How > do you deploy a service/capability so that you can survive it's > success? Yes, we technologist can all dismiss this unclean consideration, > but if you can't afford to operate it, then you better not start. > Hmm... What I envision (I am not a marketing type) is that a large ISP could provide multimedia content along the lines of a model similar to such as a TV Channel -- that is you can charge for advertisement , charge for distributing media, and charge the viewer or client to access your network. What is needed is the ability to block unathorized viewers 8) -- Amancio Hasty hasty@rah.star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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