That’s actually a good point. This is a rapidly moving area. I don’t want to choose the wrong technology/solution.
Thanks, _________________________ Clint Wiley Hagerstown Fiber Internet On Feb 23, 2018, at 6:23 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net<mailto:af...@ics-il.net>> wrote: The statement of the week... ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions<http://www.ics-il.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]<https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange<http://www.midwest-ix.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/mdwestix> The Brothers WISP<http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/youtubeicon.png] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> ________________________________ From: "Matt Hoppes" <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net<mailto:mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net>> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 5:04:40 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RodeoTV vs. RealChoice TV Maybe. Time will tell. On Feb 23, 2018, at 17:46, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net<mailto:af...@ics-il.net>> wrote: I think those that go over the public Internet don't have nearly the same lineup. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions<http://www.ics-il.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]<https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange<http://www.midwest-ix.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/mdwestix> The Brothers WISP<http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/youtubeicon.png] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> ________________________________ From: ch...@wbmfg.com<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 4:16:50 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RodeoTV vs. RealChoice TV Well, the are all allowing all the other streamers to deliver it via the public internet, why not RCTV? Does not seem fair to discriminate against the smaller companies like this. -----Original Message----- From: Clint Wiley Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 3:12 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RodeoTV vs. RealChoice TV I agree that a VPN makes plenty of sense. I get why they do it but it adds an expense that may take me a good bit of time to recover. Thanks, _________________________ Clint Wiley Hagerstown Fiber Internet > On Feb 23, 2018, at 4:56 PM, "ch...@wbmfg.com<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>" > <ch...@wbmfg.com<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: > > That is not by choice. The content providers all have a different > tolerance as to how their product is piped around. RealChoice could drop > it and probably ship the product over the public internet and never get > caught, however they risk losing channels if they ever get caught. > > Not sure what their current deal is, when I was working with them I was > trying to get the programmers to allow content via VPN or VLAN over VPN > (silly, right) over the public internet. Some of them were OK with it. > > -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoppes > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 2:46 PM > To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RodeoTV vs. RealChoice TV > > RealChoice would be a great option if they would drop their private line > requirement. > >> On Feb 23, 2018, at 15:39, Clint Wiley >> <cl...@hagerstownfiber.com<mailto:cl...@hagerstownfiber.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I wanted to see if any of you are offering IPTV to your customers. If so, >> are any of you using either RodeoTV or RealChoice TV as the wholesale >> provider? Can any of you provide feedback, thoughts, experiences, etc. on >> either provider? >> >> Thanks, >> _________________________ >> Clint Wiley >> Hagerstown Fiber Internet