Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 12:53:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew S. Crocker" <matthew@crocker.com> To: Jacob Suter <jsuter@intrastar.net> Cc: isp@freebsd.org, portmaster-users@livingston.com Subject: Re: bang bang bang bang - lame lame lame lame Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961113125259.30458J-100000@rmc1.crocker.com> In-Reply-To: <199611131651.KAA02868@intrastar.net>
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HDTV compressed using MPEG is 6.3Mbps which fits real nice into ADSL. Video-on-demand is a one way feed. -Matt -Matthew S Crocker "The mask, given time, comes Crocker Communications to be the face itself." -anonymous Internet Division Phone (413) 585-5164 PO BOX 710 Fax (413) 587-3352 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 Email matthew@crocker.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Jacob Suter wrote: > So, while the telcos beat their heads into the wall trying to figure > out some way of getting their cooshie monopolies back, I was > thinking... > > Fiber, 100 megabit into homes, mbone, etc etc. Cable company sucks, > pots quality sucks, (power sucks but I don't want to put a nuclear > generator in - its kinda expensive).. What if I put fiber on the > poles, and dropped into people's homes at say, 100 megabit duplex > ethernet? Then microwave myself back to the real world to connect to > the net... > > I have no idea what kind of bandwidth I'd be talking for say DSS > quality A/V by itself for one channel... It'd need to have a few > channels all broadcasting at once and I have no idea what kind of > bandwidth that is going to take.. > > "Yes, I'd like to watch that movie in 1024x768x16.8M.." > > JS > > > --- > Intrastellar Internet Service - Houston County, Texas > Voice: (409) 687-9066 > http://www.intrastar.net/ >
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