gigahurtz
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Palm Coast, FL
clubs: | You can't blame AT&T..
In most markets, the 3G network that's in place would be useless for an application like this. You'd be constantly buffering and would never be able to keep up. Even though it's "3G"... it's not really "3G". |
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proefain
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Crofton, MD | The Slingbox app optimizes itself depending on your network speeds. It will play just fine on "not really 3G" speeds. |
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funchords
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| said by proefain  :The Slingbox app optimizes itself depending on your network speeds. It will play just fine on "not really 3G" speeds. This is my experience as well. It's adaptive and it's pretty impressive even at relatively low bitrates.
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gigahurtz
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Palm Coast, FL
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| reply to proefain
said by proefain :The Slingbox app optimizes itself depending on your network speeds. It will play just fine on "not really 3G" speeds. While it may "optimize" it self, is it really going to be watchable? (I'm asking because I haven't really used the Slingbox extensively). |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| Let natural laws take effect and what works will prosper and what doesn't won't. The problem here is that it more than likely will prosper and AT&T can't monetize it as much as they want right now.
User's get 5GB on their network before they start getting bent over by AT&T. That abuse of position alone will deter and limit the amount that this app is used and thus will limit the "abuse" of their network.
Of course I use the word "abuse" loosely as there are many ways that are not so controlled that can use as much if not more bandwidth then this application.
Again this just shows that those that want to provide the medium for the connection, what ever that may be, should not be allowed to provide the content going over it as well. |
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Cogdis
join:2007-03-26
Floral Park, NY
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| reply to gigahurtz
said by gigahurtz :While it may "optimize" it self, is it really going to be watchable? (I'm asking because I haven't really used the Slingbox extensively). I use slingbox on my Sprint Mogul over EVDO and it works fine. Maybe Sprint has a better 3G network but the Slingbox app seems to adjust to whatever bandwidth is available. |
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EdG
@eastlink.ca | reply to gigahurtz
So, you don't even know how well it works, but you went ahead and slammed it right off the bat.
Agenda much? |
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kevinzak76
join:2001-03-30
Buffalo, NY
| reply to gigahurtz
said by gigahurtz :said by proefain :The Slingbox app optimizes itself depending on your network speeds. It will play just fine on "not really 3G" speeds. While it may "optimize" it self, is it really going to be watchable? (I'm asking because I haven't really used the Slingbox extensively). yes, it is excellent quality. i can even read the "bottom line" on ESPN where it shows the scores and other news. there is virtually zero buffering, aside from the initial startup and a slight lag when you are sending commands to the cable box.
the first month i had the app for my Bold i pretty much used it an hour a day 5 days a week for a month and only used about 700MB of data i believe. (maybe 10% of the time i was on wifi. if that is correct, then to hit your 5GB, you would pretty much need to watch over 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, assuming you used almost no wifi.
seeing that you can only have 1 client connected to a slingbox at a time, i cant see this app as having THAT much of an impact on the network, as i doubt EVERY slingbox owner in an area will be watching tv on their AT&T handset at the same time all the time.
the slingplayer is really for those times when you are waiting for a flight, riding the subway, want to catch your home team play a big game while you are out of town, etc. those things happen in bits and pieces, not every day for extended periods of time.
i just hope AT&T tested the player on the network to see the impact for real and are not just knee-jerking assuming that this would kill the network because they saw the word "streaming" |
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Cjaiceman
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Parker, CO
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| reply to Skippy25
said by Skippy25 :User's get 5GB on their network before they start getting bent over by AT&T. That abuse of position alone will deter and limit the amount that this app is used and thus will limit the "abuse" of their network. And Verizon, and Sprint. They all bend you over if you go over 5GB. Sprint used to be the only semi-sane one in the game, but since they have a 5GB limit too, well, they all suck. 
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