On Nov 29, 2010, at 8:04 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Ben Butler wrote: > >> In the Uk, we used to have 2MB DSL, and business providers like myself would >> happily provide it on the basis of CBR 2Mbit and we did'nt care what you did >> with it. 2Mbit is more than enough for streaming and I challenge anyone >> otherwise. > > I say otherwise. > > So do many customers who want 720 or 1080 lines on their TV. > You can stream 1080p/5.1 128khz over 2mbps at high quality using codecs that were available 2 years ago. (VP6, VP7 can do this, for example).
However, yes, 2mbps is at the low end of acceptable today since many households want more than one 1080p stream at a time. Owen
