It's especially worrisome with Newegg and Tiger selling cheap off brand
4K's under 500 bucks. And Roku is starting a big sale this week.
I've already had calls this morning if customers current bandwidth will
stream 4k. NOPE sorry.. Then I tell them what package we do offer that will
support it and they freek out. Like I'm gona give bandwidth away for free.
GEEZ
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 8:30 AM, That One Guy via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
> This is going to make for an ugly christmas season.
> If we had customer service who was firm it wouldnt be an issue "we dont
> offer that speed currently"
> but instead, the customers on 900 will be the ones who get the tv, and the
> subscription and call in, and CS will keep saying, well isnt there anything
> we can do for this guy in the middle of the forrest with the 300 foot cable
> run? and Ill have to go home and punch one of my children, probably the
> boy, Im kind of afraid of the girl.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
>
>> A quick Google search comes up with Audials and Playlater. It does
>> not appear to be rocket science.
>>
>> *From:* Jason McKemie via Af <af@afmug.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 10:18 PM
>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amazon
>> streaming 4Know.
>>
>> I'd think if someone could figure out a way to get the movies from RAM,
>> they could also figure out a way to capture them from a stream.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Travis Johnson via Af <af@afmug.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Because then people could "save" the movies in RAM, and someone would
>>> figure out a way to be able to download them and put them on the Internet
>>> for free.
>>>
>>> It's a licensing issue... that's why "streaming" is OK.
>>>
>>> Travis
>>>
>>> On 12/9/2014 7:00 PM, Bill Prince via Af wrote:
>>>
>>> That 187MB translates to only about 11.25 GB per hour. Why not stick in
>>> a 32GB memory and be done? That would be almost 3 hours of buffer.
>>>
>>> --
>>> bp
>>> <part {dash} 15 {at} SkylineBroadbandService {dot} com>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/9/2014 4:50 PM, Travis Johnson via Af wrote:
>>>
>>> It's really too bad that the devices that support all these streaming
>>> services can't have a larger buffer. I'm sure it's part of their licensing
>>> deals, but if they could buffer 60 seconds of stream (at any quality), they
>>> would have much fewer support calls for streaming issues, etc.
>>>
>>> Using Netflix's 25Mbps for 4k, that works out to 187.5MB of storage
>>> space. At current RAM prices, you can buy a 256MB module for $15 full
>>> retail... so places like Samsung can probably buy them in quantity for less
>>> than $2. Seems like it would be worth it to pay an extra $10 for a
>>> TV/DVD/PS4/Wii-U device that could handle 60 seconds of video.
>>>
>>> Travis
>>>
>>> On 12/9/2014 5:34 PM, Sterling Jacobson via Af wrote:
>>>
>>> That’s pretty cool.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can do 4k direct from Youtube.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Several of the ones I’ve tested are sustained around 20-30Mbps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But on my network it tends to burst to 90Mbps then sit around for a
>>> while, then burst back to 90Mbps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think the 4k will require a lot of optimizations before it works on
>>> the built in TV’s.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Jerry Richardson via Af
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 5:12 PM
>>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amazon
>>> streaming 4K now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lovely
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Ryan Ghering via Af
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:38 PM
>>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amazon streaming
>>> 4K now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-starts-4k-uhd-streams/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Ryan Ghering
>>> Network Operations - Plains.Net
>>> Office: 970-848-0475 - Cell: 970-630-1879
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
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> parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you
> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not
> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>
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Office: 970-848-0475 - Cell: 970-630-1879
