djrobx
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1 edit | And what will the bandwidth cap on that be, AT&T?
Karl, you're assuming they're going to up the 25mbps per home profile. They don't necessarily need to.
Remember, the new TOS states that internet bandwidth may be limited when "bandwidth intensive" TV services are in use. That means they very well might QoS the system to allow "up to 18mbps" downloads when all the HDTV streams are not in use.
The remainder (those that are not the "overwhelming majority") are probably those on the 19mbps profile.
I suppose we'll find out in just a few days. 
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Karl Bode
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| Yes good point. Added a little something about that.
It will be interesting to see if houses who watch a lot of TV get upset when they find the 18Mbps they ordered is really only 18mbps when the kids are asleep and the hubby isn't watching HD sports... |
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djrobx
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| quote:
It will be interesting to see if houses who watch a lot of TV get upset when they find the 18Mbps they ordered is really only 18mbps when the kids are asleep and the hubby isn't watching HD sports...
No doubt. Of course, this is purely speculation on my part.
AT&T just seems very reluctant to grow the 25mbps profile. At an investor conference a while back AT&T was talking about expecting to 4HD to fit in the current 25mbps profile. As it is now, 10mbps "max" internet does not share with TV, so I'm also thinking that new verbage came to fruition for a reason.
I do think AT&T could stand to increase the bandwidth profile for most people. I'm 2600' out with a max sync of 49mbps. I'm pretty close to the 3000' cutoff.
We'll see.
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aaronwt
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| said by djrobx  : quote:
It will be interesting to see if houses who watch a lot of TV get upset when they find the 18Mbps they ordered is really only 18mbps when the kids are asleep and the hubby isn't watching HD sports...
No doubt. Of course, this is purely speculation on my part. AT&T just seems very reluctant to grow the 25mbps profile. At an investor conference a while back AT&T was talking about expecting to 4HD to fit in the current 25mbps profile. As it is now, 10mbps "max" internet does not share with TV, so I'm also thinking that new verbage came to fruition for a reason. I do think AT&T could stand to increase the bandwidth profile for most people. I'm 2600' out with a max sync of 49mbps. I'm pretty close to the 3000' cutoff. We'll see. 4HD streams with 25mbs bandwidth? Even with MPEG4, that doesn't sound very good. |
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gdm
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join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
clubs: | You can't do 4HD streams right now it's 2HD/2SD or 4SD if you are on the 25meg profile. |
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MyDogHsFleas
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| reply to Karl Bode
said by Karl Bode :Yes good point. Added a little something about that. It will be interesting to see if houses who watch a lot of TV get upset when they find the 18Mbps they ordered is really only 18mbps when the kids are asleep and the hubby isn't watching HD sports... My math says 1 HD or 2 SD streams would almost fit within the 7 mbps left over (25 minus 18)... so you might get 16 or 17 rather than 18 if "hubby is watching HD sports" (why not "wife watching HD sports"? ) this is assuming no voice of course, a phone call would knock a bit off this.
I'm planning to upgrade as soon as it's available (my employer pays for it anyway), so I'll keep y'all posted on what happens. I'm currently Internet only (no TV), synch at 56 megabits, profile says 25 down. So I obviously have plenty of room to go to 18, and they don't HAVE to re-provision me... although they might. I'll let you know what happens! |
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djsars
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How can you tell what rate you are syncing at? |
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aaronwt
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| reply to gdm
said by gdm :You can't do 4HD streams right now it's 2HD/2SD or 4SD if you are on the 25meg profile. That is even worse. What do families with multiple TVs do when several people want to watch different programs in HD, or even SD? |
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gdm
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Mchenry, IL
clubs: | I think the number of families that need to watch more then 4 live shows are small percentage. They plan to increase that streams in the future but for now it is what it is. |
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