| Perlman is no idiot! I'm sure (Steve) Perlman has thought of latency, lag, consumer response, etc. He's been there and done that too many times now. He has a ton of buddies in the industry that always follow him everywhere he goes. And I mean *top notch* buddies who are technically as smart as Perlman himself. I mean, this is one of the original devs of Quicktime, with a few dozen patents to prove!
His biggest challenge is strictly business and political, like getting the game co's to license and -- as you are seeing -- getting the broadband providers to provide unencumbered passage. He's got enough game companies to come onboard to start at least. Now he needs to make sure he doesn't get blocked (or at the very least throttled) getting to his STB's. He knows that will kill his biz faster than any of the game licensee's extorting more money as OnLive takes off.
I *know* he's talking to the others -- TWC, Comcast, Verizon, etc. I know it, and this AT&T deal confirms that he is. |
