Well, I learned something. I just assume all content was only delivered to the service provider, and then the service provider handed it to the consumer via their delivery infrastructure. That would make more sense to me.
I just never saw entertainment (internet included) as being something worthy of any federal attention On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > It's a bit of a mess really. > > You have inbound content feeds or peering, which is often encrypted. > This hits their different "content servers" in your network that you > often have no control over. A customer ONT has a list of channels and > encryption keys programmed into it, and it sends off a bunch of > multicast join requests for the content to these content servers. The > content is end-end encrypted. You're kind of a dumb pipe in this > scenario. > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:34 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm > <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > maybe i misunderstand how this works, I assumed the service provider gets > > the content, however they get the content, then delivers the content on > > their own system to the set top box. Are you saying the content provider > > delivers the content directly to the consumer set top box currently just > > transiting the service provider network? > > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> I have no idea what you just said. > >> > >> Currently, content providers are using proprietary DRM (in many cases) > >> to send content feeds. > >> > >> For instance, we have 5 content providers and our own sat farm now. > >> Each one has a different demarc box for encryption and keys, and we > >> have to manage keys for content for each user and each set top. It's a > >> fucking nightmare. We also are limited to a handful of set tops that > >> will work with their systems. > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:24 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm > >> <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Forcing providers from using proprietary technology on their > >> > infrastructure > >> > to maximize performance of their service into hammering a square peg > >> > into a > >> > round hole so everybody has a square peg will not turn out well. It > will > >> > however ensure that digital theft becomes a much simpler process, so > >> > thats > >> > always good. > >> > > >> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:16 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> If you actually read the FCC document, I cannot help but thinking > this > >> >> is > >> >> almost forcing al la carte on the cable providers. Looks like good > >> >> stuff to > >> >> me. > >> >> > >> >> From: That One Guy /sarcasm > >> >> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 9:44 AM > >> >> To: af@afmug.com > >> >> Subject: [AFMUG] ot: this is our priority? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/15/obama-is-urging-the-fcc-to-open-up-the-cable-box-so-you-can-watch-tv-how-you-really-want/ > >> >> > >> >> First world problems. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your > >> >> team > >> >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your > team > >> > as > >> > part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as > > part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
