[LINK] IPTv

[Kim Holburn]

On 2010/Apr/14, at 6:38 PM, Avi Miller wrote:

>
> Kim Holburn wrote:
>> iView is not quite as good quality as watching TV - or maybe there's
>> an option I haven't found yet.
>
> iView adjusts its quality based on the average streaming rate it can  
> achieve to your PC. On our 100Mbps FTTH connection, it's pretty much  
> SD broadcast quality.
>
>> Is there any good reason why Australian content from Australian
>> servers should be metered by Australian ISPs?
>
> Not sure whether this is a *good* reason or not, but keep in mind  
> that Telstra/BigPond and Optus refuse to peer with any other ISP.  
> This means it costs non-Telstra/Optus ISPs money to exchange data.  
> Hence you find that unmetered sites tend to be those that peer with  
> AARNET and PIPE.

So effectively Telstra is blocking unmetered internet for most  
Australians.

Here's a story about an ISP offering a symmetric 1Gb fibre connection  
in HK for US$26 per month.  Oh and to keep this on subject, it also  
talks about IPTV which they've had there for many years.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/1gbps-symmetric-fiber-us26-in-hong-kong.ars

> According to people like Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon's CEO, the US is  
> number one in broadband, no question about it. But one only has to  
> look around the world to see just how specious such claims are.
>
> Take Hong Kong as an example. City Telecom made waves a few months  
> ago with its US$13, symmetric 100Mbps connections. Today, the  
> company slashed prices on its much faster 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home  
> offering; a fully symmetric, 1Gbps connection costs HK$199... or US 
> $26 a month.
> Want phone service with that? That'll be US$3. IPTV service will  
> cost another $6-12, depending on the channel package. (There's also  
> a US$115 installation charge to run the fiber link from the building  
> basement up to an individual apartment.)
>
> This is an exceptional offer, but City Telecom isn't alone in  
> offering service that should make US operators cringe—and US  
> customers green with envy. Hutchison Telecom offers 100Mbps  
> symmetric connections for US$13. i-Cable offers 130Mbps downloads  
> for $39 per month using DOCSIS 3.0 tech.
>
> This isn't the US market, so prices aren't directly comparable, but  
> Hong Kong and the US are almost identical when it comes to GDP per  
> capita, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP).
>
> Hong Kong is one of the densest spots on earth. One wouldn't expect  
> to see this level of price and competition across a country as broad  
> and sprawling as the US, but one would expect it to be possible  
> somewhere. Sadly, even something like 100Mbps is hard to come by in  
> most US cities; 1Gbps is unknown, except to tiny specialty  
> operators, even in a place like New York City.
>
> City Telecom took out a full-page ad in the South China Morning Post  
> today, advertising its new offering with the tagline, "1000M:  
> Transform your life."
>



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