[LINK] Murdoch's high-tech piracy in Australia

TKoltai tomk at unwired.com.au
Fri Mar 30 16:10:18 AEDT 2012



> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Fernando Cassia
> Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 8:51 AM
> To: David Boxall
> Cc: link at mailman.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Re: [LINK]Murdoch's high-tech piracy in Australia
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 18:49, David Boxall 
> <david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au> wrote:
> >
> >> it's much easier just to install the peer-to-peer file-sharing 
> >> protocol BitTorrent and download any program or film you want.
> 
> Yes, except for HD content, which is too big.
>

Err, no, not quite.

HD is exactly why Alcatel (cough cough) purchased Cachelogic and created
the Telstra P2P based HD Delivery model that persons in the street refer
to as the T-Box. (www.telstra.com.au/tv/tbox/)

In fact P2P is the only way any carrier can deliver more than a few HD
channels in any spectrum based environment.
(Fibre is included in that spectrum statement - where the problem is not
the transmission laser upgrades every six months, but the CPE swap
outs.)

Australian audiences are rather easy to profile for their viewing
habits. There is a good chance that more than 2 persons are watching a
channel on any cable segment (i.e.: <500 homes per segment)

TomK






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