When episode 7 was coming out a projectionist kid told me it took days to download the movie - it was pretty good size, like 30 gigs.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 11, 2016 9:22 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Those movies are shipped via a large hard drive, not sure if it is > rotating media or solid state. Looks like a kids lunch box from 1966. One > projector operator I talked to said a 2 hour movie takes 2 hours to load > into the projector. But it does use the internet to turn on the > projector. The local theaters in some cases cannot turn the projector on > or off by themselves. It is under remote control from the distribution > company. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> > *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2016 7:12 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in > KansasCity| Ars Technica > > Strange no one wants landline phone, but they want a giant TV that you can > only watch at home, using Internet that only works at home. Seems like a > dead end technology to me. Only good for seniors and kids. > > Some movie theaters by me have servers that bring actual food and drinks, > the screen is humongous, and I’m told it doesn’t use the Internet at all. > Maybe that is the next big thing. What will we do with all those gigabit > fiber links to our houses when no one wants them anymore, like landlines > and pay phones. Oh, right, the Internet of things. Our things will watch > TV while we’re at work. > > > *From:* Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2016 1:33 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in > Kansas City| Ars Technica > > Me thinks he is one of them millennials. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 4/10/2016 4:13 PM, Josh Baird wrote: > > So you are doing 3-4TB/month to your house? > > That's a *bit* on the high side, I would think. > > On Apr 10, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > > My house runs between 10-15 Mbps sustained. When we do our 4K upgrade next > year, that will be between 50-75Mbps sustained depending on HDR/non-hdr > content and codec type. > On Apr 10, 2016 5:34 PM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Me too. Just checked our traffic, and we've actually got a 95th >> percentile of less than 500 Kbps (although in November/December we were >> running closer to 1.5 Mbps). We can go way higher than that due mostly to >> where we are on the network, but we can't (or don't choose to) saturate our >> online-ness like a millennial. >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 4/10/2016 3:24 PM, George Skorup wrote: >> >> I can get 30Mbps at home on my 450. I might hit 25-30 to download windows >> updates or a game patch or something, but my average is less than a meg. >> Would I notice if I had only 10Mbps, probably not. And yeah, mine is free. >> :) >> >> I guess I'm just not an average millennial. Meh. >> >> On 4/10/2016 5:06 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >> I’m talking about Comcast’s $10 Internet Essentials. >> https://internetessentials.com/ >> >> Available if child qualifies for school lunch program. Not a contract or >> promo price. And you don’t have to live in public housing. >> >> I do realize typical residential pricing is around $50/mo. What I’m >> saying is the “free” price was ridiculous, especially since Google Fiber is >> so holier-than-thou showing the other ISPs how it’s done. It was either a >> stunt to get municipal approval, or they honestly believed 10 Mbps was so >> lame that most people would rather pay for gigabit. >> >> No matter what their logic, increasing your minimum tier from $0 to $50 >> is a helluva price increase. It would certainly seem to offer the local >> cable and telephone companies an opportunity to offer 10 Mbps at something >> less than $50, maybe around $30. And maybe get some cable TV revenue. >> Because lots of people will still be happy with a meager 10 Mbps if it’s >> affordable, no matter what the elites think. Just like some people are >> fine with French’s mustard instead of Grey Poupon, and beer instead of wine. >> >> >> *From:* Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> >> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:45 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in >> Kansas City| Ars Technica >> >> >> I am under the impression you are not familiar with common metro >> broadband pricing. >> >> Honestly. >> >> I have a rather large spreadsheet of major North American fiber / cable / >> DSL providers, contracts, misc fees, etc. >> >> Once you get past the "contract promo" pricing, seeing 10Mbps for $45-55+ >> a month is far from uncommon - especially for the cable cos, which sucks >> when you see that 10Mbps stay at 2-4Mbps during peak because of how vastly >> over provisioned much of those networks are. >> >> That said, their 1Gbps pricing (which they want customers on, as gpon >> ports aren't free in the strategic sense) really stoked a fire under most >> of the providers asses. >> On Apr 10, 2016 4:38 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >> >>> Free was silly. But hiking the minimum tier from $0 to $50 is kind of >>> extreme. They must have been surprised how many people were OK with a mere >>> 10 Mbps at America’s favorite price. >>> >>> Comcast’s $10 price is more reasonable than either $0 or $50. >>> >>> >>> *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:31 PM >>> *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in >>> Kansas City| Ars Technica >>> >>> >>> >>> http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/ >>> >> >> >> >