On Friday 08 April 2005 08:57, Hari Kurup wrote: > They radio/tv operators certainly would be interested. > But as opposed to picking the signal off air with your TV or radio for > free, streaming requires bandwidth. > And it is not cheap, even if it is local bandwidth. A reasonably clear > audio stream (forget video) needs like 32Kbps for each person > streaming.
Broadband access devices such as DSLAM's (especially IP-DSLAM's) now come with integrated MPLS and multicast technologies such IGMP, allowing customers/providers to save significantly on bandwidth used to broadcast delay-sensitive material, by eliminating replicated traffic on the network. Mark. > Who pays for it and why would someone pay anyway when he can pick it > freely on his radio. > > > Kurup > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
