Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread George Rogato
Since I moved out here onto the side of the coastal mountains in a little cabin, I have not bought cable or dish. I use my internet. One thing that does happen is I watch a lot less tv and really now only watch some movies, maybe one or two a week. Mostly I watch the news www.foxnews.com or msn

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Josh Luthman
I have several customer's that stream some kind of data (I've always assumed it was a patch or new game) from Valve's servers. These customers are all on one AP - I think they're a family of gamers. Each of them do a good 2meg+ during the night time or weekends. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net
It is important to understand the business impact on this. If you can deliver these speeds, this also could be a "method" to enable upgrades of your service. I.e. Customer calls in and says their netflix video is bad, if they do not have at least 2-3 meg , and you offer that speed, upgrade th

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Mac Dearman
I don’t think that there is a PTMP wireless platform available to anyone that will support multi users streaming 2Mbps+ off of a single AP. If this is available – I would like to know whose gear it is and what bank is going to lend the money to revamp an entire network. We have always had

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Josh Luthman
Couple of things to mention here... I believe (not certain!) that Netflix will do lower quality streams based on your downstream connection. How low it will go I can't say. If a customer wants something they have to pay for it. The majority of customers go with the smallest package (something l

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net
Yes. I am up to 25 gig this month. Course me and my wife have been watching older TV shows over the weekend. ;) -- * Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer WISPA Board Member - wispa.org Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Travis Johnson
You have hit the problem directly on the head. You think a simple Canopy AP is going to solve the problem? Let's say you are allocating 10Mbps downlink on this AP... that would mean 5 customers per AP (@ 2Mbps each). Nobody in this market can survive on those ratios. This service needs capped

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Jack Unger
Drew, Being in favor of not limiting bandwidth may seem very altruistic but I'm not sure you are aware of the bandwidth/throughput limitations of todays wireless equipment used for last mile access. It's not a question of fitting the "business model"; it's a question of fitting today's current

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