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danawhitaker
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Russian Roulette...

"DirecTV (whose service Qwest resells) will soon be offering customers VOD using home broadband connections, which is probably playing a big part in Mueller's thinking."

Oh good. More things to push users over Qwest's mystery bandwidth caps. Thanks so much. I wonder how much bandwidth one hour of VOD programming would consume. I love the idea of playing russian roulette with my DSL connection and hoping I don't get a warning letter just for wanting to watch VOD content. And if I did have access to this service, I would probably take advantage of it often because I have a small child and it's much easier to watch programming later on-demand than it is to watch while it's airing.

Or am I misreading exactly how this service would work? That's entirely possible.
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permalink · 2008-01-11 16:23:29 · Print · Reply to this
Lazlow

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Re: Russian Roulette...

A typical tv show is 400mb(43 minutes now?) and a movie is 700mb. With the 264 compression and random hexagons the quality gets even better and the size smaller (takes longer to compress). The majority of TV show are currently available through various venues.
permalink · 2008-01-11 16:42:49 · Reply to this

a333
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1 edit		 what caps? as far as I know, DSL is the only internet service in the US that doesnt have any caps (generally speaking)
EDIT: Ok, I guess I didn't read the article carefully. Damn, that sux! Why the HELL does Qworst have caps? That basically makes them the only DSL ISP in the US that actually enforces caps!
permalink · 2008-01-11 16:47:08 · Reply to this

Karl Bode
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Re: Russian Roulette...

They're very high, but Qwest does employ them:

»Qwest's 'Excessive Use Policy'
permalink · 2008-01-11 16:49:52 · Reply to this

danawhitaker
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 In response to a333, check out this thread: »Heads up on EUP

In response to the size. Hmm. Based on the number of shows I watch and approximately how many episodes per week per month, that would end up being about 20 gigs extra per month - only if I stuck to just the shows I like. That's not a huge amount, but everything adds up. And that's just for me, I imagine households with multiple people using such services could quickly add up. Thanks for the info.
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permalink · 2008-01-11 16:54:33 · Print · Reply to this
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