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Re: One at a time? Simply not enough.... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17191236 en Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:33:55 EDT Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:33:55 EDT Re: One at a time? Simply not enough.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17201251 KrK :

said by Langley :

Not everyone in the world is as addicted to TV as Americans (and especially some who post here). Some households have only (gasp!) ONE television! Hi-def isn't even on most people's radar here or abroad, despite the marketing hype.

And at&t isn't trying to sell their IPTV service in these countries, or to these one tv households, so I fail to see how this really is relevant. I guess the point you're making is maybe the Swiss don't watch much TV, and only have one TV, so the Swisscom system works for them.

Well I suspect that even in Switzerland the system will be bandwidth strangled, and for at&t here, their blueprint is even more flawed. I'm currently an at&t DSL subscriber, and have one of their fastest packages, yet there's no way the could stream me HD without say building out FFTH.
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"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service." - former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman, unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17201251 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:07:00 EDT Re: One at a time? Simply not enough.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17193235 DufiefData : Switzerland's telecom infrastructure is sophisticated, but is there really a big point to IPTV over ADSL if there's only one channel available? I suspect that most subscribers would prefer to boost their data speeds with that bandwidth, rather than get a single channel.

If people have a TV + computer the prospect of saying "Would you mind turning off the TV, we're trying to download something!" would seem to discourage large-scale long-term adoption. This kind of service will only be able to hold the line until new copper tech is invented, or a competitor just deploys something better. Gov't regulation will probably be needed to stop that. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17193235 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:27:20 EDT Re: One at a time? Simply not enough.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17190572 anon : Not everyone in the world is as addicted to TV as Americans (and especially some who post here). Some households have only (gasp!) ONE television! Hi-def isn't even on most people's radar here or abroad, despite the marketing hype.

AT&T's dumbass planning aside, Swisscom's VDSL offering does not suffer from the one-at-a-time malady you decry. Neither does AT&T's. Only 300,000 (13%) of the 2.3 million Swisscom homes passed are stuck on a limited ADSL circuit. The article for whatever reason doesn't bother to emphasize the 87% which have access to VDSL and are not so limited.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17190572 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:30:49 EDT Re: One at a time? Simply not enough.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17191236 en102 : You can watch and record at the same time... just use a VCR :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17191236 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:37:59 EDT One at a time? Simply not enough.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17190515 KrK : Watch and record one program at a time.

Well, at the bare minimum you need to be able to record and watch SOMETHING ELSE at the same time.... Ideally you could watch and record at least two things at once.

Let's not forget most households have more then one TV. I suspect at&t is going to hit this bandwidth brickwall hard.

Let's not even consider what happens if someone in the house is trying to use the internet connection for downloading or uploading while others are trying to watch TV. I think it'll be tapped out...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17190515 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:38:46 EDT