1. Who? Which is the best middleware companies on the market that you chose?
Minervanetworks
2. How much for the STB?
We will offer three units. They will start at around $49.95
3. How much for activation?
$0
4. How much for the service?
Pricing will be announced in the near future.
5. How much for additional channels?
Pricing will be announced in the near future.
6. On a 5-meg service, how much will be used for one TV? 720? HLS?
The highest bit-rate is currently set to 5Mbps however you will be able to get away with 3Mbps. We will also allow upto 8Mbps during off peak hours in some channels.
7. How much upstream and downstream will be left for an internet service with one TV on?
We are using HSL. It will always try to use the highest bit-rate available. If it detects that you don't have enough for 5Mbps it will go to 4Mbps and then 3Mbps and so on.
8. If there are issues, is the customers only option for support and billing via Email as you operate now?
This is not how we operate now. We will also have phone support to IPTV clients.
9. What will be your serving area's? And when?
You will find a link to the covered areas below.
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community.acanac.com/aca ··· &t=2248510. Which STB is it? Is it proprietary firmware/software? Or openware/opensource? I guess it might be proprietary since it's HLS, thus locked out of the STB.
It's not open source. For example we will support Entone and Amino