eric87m
join:2003-12-07
Princeton, NJ | H.264
new video compression scheme = MPEG4? |
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tiger72
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1 edit | Speed + Caps
I guarantee that even after Docsis 3 is rolled out, they'll merely offer up to 25mbps speeds at a fraction of the cost of the current 6mbps speeds, unless in FIOS competitive areas. Why? Significantly more profit. Comcast *never* does anything without thinking profit 1st, marketing 2nd, and somewhere towards the bottom is customer satisfaction.
Let's not forget that higher speeds mean customers hit those hidden caps quicker!
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to eric87m
Re: H.264
Hmm.. I wonder if the picture will start looking more like DirecTv's
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en102
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1 edit | reply to tiger72
Re: Speed + Caps
Just because it saves them money, it doesn't mean it will save you money. I agree that this will be primarily targeted at FiOS areas. The cost savings is in bandwidth... that doesn't mean that Cablelabs will give away Docsis3.0 for free, and that implementing SDV doesn't cost anything to deploy either.
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priller
join:2000-10-20
Gainesville, VA | Deployable Where Needed
"Deployable Where Needed" is a key point of the slide.
In other words where there is FiOS competition???? |
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jc100
join:2002-04-10
| Here's an Idea
Comcast should give all their customers 100mbit and disconnect them the minute they reach their imaginary cap.... Or, they could cut the ridiculous crap. Why the heck does anyone want faster speeds, when they are restricted with its usage. That's like offering a kid a candy bar, then making him or her run ten miles afterwards. |
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sherman10570
join:2000-10-15
Pleasantville, NY
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| New revenue source...
By only sending the channels that are needed, Comcast could potentially wipe out the Neilson ratings system. Hello Mr. TV Network, would you like to know exactly how many people are watching your channels and for how long?
I can't wait to see how bad the numbers are on the dozens of useless cable channels, like the soaps channel or oxygen.
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Matt
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Jamestown, NC
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| Difference in cost?
Does anyone notice they are stating it's roughly twice as much per subscriber to offer 16 times the bandwidth?
If it's really only twice as much to offer 100Mbps vs 6Mbps then the MSOs are greedier than I thought.
Anyone know if that number includes transit costs and such?
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Emiya
join:2006-03-30
Southington, OH | reply to eric87m
Re: H.264
Even mpeg-4 asp (ie. XviD & DivX) would be able to reduce the bitrate significantly over mpeg-2 without losing quality. It would probably be easier and cheaper to implement over AVC (h.264). |
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swintec
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Re: New revenue source...
said by sherman10570  :By only sending the channels that are needed, Comcast could potentially wipe out the Neilson ratings system. Hello Mr. TV Network, would you like to know exactly how many people are watching your channels and for how long? You dont think this can be done already with the current STB's?
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nweibley
join:2004-12-21
Gainesville, FL | reply to Matt
Re: Difference in cost?
I wouldn't underestimate the greediness of the MSOs.  |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| reply to sherman10570
Re: New revenue source...
said by sherman10570 :By only sending the channels that are needed, Comcast could potentially wipe out the Neilson ratings system. How? If an STB is tuned to a channel then that channel will be sent out. If no STBs on a node are, then it won't, but no one will know because by definition no one is trying to watch it. I don't see how this differs from now. |
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angel6
@bellsouth.net | 20 meg tier????
maybe they will truthfully offer a 20 meg tier.
I'm refering to the imaginary 20 meg tier that "comacast Rick" boasts about here. If he only knew that it's a temporary boost. Oh well. Ce la vi'. |
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MemphisPCGuy
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Memphis, TN
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| All I know is the 12 Hour HD infomercials are finally here
As of the 1st - Comcast Added 3 new HD Channels - TBS, FOOD HD and Home & Garden HD with USA HD coming on the 1st of November.
Now flipping through the 800 channels afterhours is not unlike the seedy side of hell on the SD side  Only prettier 16:9. Damnation to bobwhites! Insomniax take me away!
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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| reply to tiger72
Re: Speed + Caps
said by tiger72 : Comcast *never* does anything without thinking profit 1st A business that doesn't think about profit doesn't stay in business.
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TKJunkMail
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Re: Difference in cost?
said by nweibley :I wouldn't underestimate the greediness of the MSOs. Comcast profit margins are less than businesses in many other industries. In fact, they are barely high enough to get people to invest in their stock. People who constantly whine about greed haven't the faintest notion about how business works or a capitalist economy works. They mostly dream of some socialist utopia promised by Karl Marx in his published works. And we all saw how that utopia worked in practice - see Russia, North Korea, Cuba, etc.
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angel7
@bellsouth.net | a real 20 meg tier
Maybe they will some day offer a 20 meg tier like the one comcast "Rick" thinks he has......... |
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matrix3D
join:2006-09-27
Deep River, CT
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Re: Difference in cost?
They never fully applied Marx's principles. There has never been a true, 100% Communist country. And there are also countless countries that have tried capitalism and failed miserably. Capitalism can also be blamed for the current healthcare crisis facing this country -- what did we expect would happen when profit is placed ahead of a person's health? |
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jtorre69
join:2005-12-26
Hollywood, FL | comcast
its crapcastic!!!!! |
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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Re: 20 meg tier????
said by angel6 :
maybe they will truthfully offer a 20 meg tier.
I'm refering to the imaginary 20 meg tier that "comacast Rick" boasts about here. If he only knew that it's a temporary boost. Oh well. Ce la vi'.
You think he doesn't? I am pretty sure he does  |
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