 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to MyDogHsFleas
Re: U-Verse over IP? said by MyDogHsFleas:said by Uncle Paul:Doesn't ATT unlike cable actually move their video over an IP connection? Well, yeah, but what's that got to do with this? U-verse Video over IP is a separate service from U-verse High Speed Internet. It's the possibility of caps or other bandwidth restrictions on HSI that we're talking about here. I think what he may be getting at, is how do you differentiate traffic - or rather - how will AT&T.
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| Exactly, IP traffic is IP traffic it's a 'burden on the system'. How is my watching a HD show from ATT different than me watching a HD show from iTunes? |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by Uncle Paul:Exactly, IP traffic is IP traffic it's a 'burden on the system'. How is my watching a HD show from ATT different than me watching a HD show from iTunes? Well, actually that is different. When it comes from iTunes it has to traverse their interconnections to make it from the Apple servers to the AT&T network. Basically, it has to travel across the public internet.
For their TV streams, they pull them all in one time from the networks, distribute them to the local U-Verse enabled central offices, and then to each house. This way uses an order of magnitude less capacity.
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| Bottom line is they are becoming content providers and not ISPs, and with that content provider role they are using a traffic 'burden' argument to say I'm going to charge you more money to get your content from that guy than from me. |
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