VUDU vs Satellite

[NA9D]

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I'm on vacation in Las Vegas.

Dude!

[HeadHodge]

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I'm on vacation in Las Vegas. That's why I only posted that "useful" comment earlier.

Just trying to have some fun, so please don't get your knickers in a bunch on my account!!

If you want to make some money, do a four spot at Keno for me with 35,45,55,65.

Oh... I almost forgot you can do ways in Las Vegas. So also do 4 three ways with those same numbers too.

If you want some good entertainment, go to the House of Blues at Mandolin Bay. There's lot's of other fun there too!

Have a good time!

Regards

[aaronwt]

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I have a 30mbs connection with FIOS. In some areas they offer a 50mbs connection. It would be no problem for them to stream a 25mbs connection. A 25GB file size doesn't mean anything without the length of the movie. I've streamed 85GB files over my home network for years. But this is just from a 10 hour HD recording averaging 8GB an hour.
Current FIOS VOD(at leat the free stuff) is streamed at 15mbs at least by looking at how much speed I lose on my internet connection while viewing HD VOD. But that is also because the ONT is still capped at 30mbs whic is also my INternet speed. People with a 5mbs or 15mbs FIOS connection won't take any hit. And Ideally they will double the ONT bandwidth cap when they upgrade the system later this year. And hopefully also offer higher speeds around here so I can get a 50mbs down and 20mbs up connection. My 30/5 connection doesn't cut it any more.

[HeadHodge]

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But this is just from a 10 hour HD recording averaging 8GB an hour.

A 10 hour HD recording?? Are you recording streaming video from the Mustang Ranch in NV??

[NA9D]

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And hopefully also offer higher speeds around here so I can get a 50mbs down and 20mbs up connection. My 30/5 connection doesn't cut it any more.

Aren't they offering 20/20 or 50/50 speeds in some areas? Now that would be nice.

I'm sadly not looking at any speeds near that now. Would be nice. Heck, I'd just like better upload speeds. Right now I have 1 Mb/sec and I hope at some point Commiecast is going to upgrade that speed but who knows. The way DOCSIS is set up, the uplink from the user has a much narrower RF bandwidth. Maybe they'll offer fiber to the home some day. Heck, the node is out in my neighbor's front yard and they have fiber running up and down the street. I'm roped into them for the next 2.5 years though since I'm on contract...

I can imagine FiOS taking 15 Mb/sec to stream HD in MPEG-2. Why they chose that inefficient file format is beyond me!

[NA9D]

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A 10 hour HD recording?? Are you recording streaming video from the Mustang Ranch in NV??

Let's see...Redwein is in Vegas and Aaronwt is streaming 10 hours of HD video.

As I said before, "Dude!"

[MaxH]

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FIOS is just another physical carrier, although it has a lot more potential than copper. My FIOS connection is 5/2, and I don't want to upgrade because the next tier I can get is 15/2, then 15/15, and I'd actually prefer 5/5 or 10/10, and I'm not willing to pay for the 15/15.

[NA9D]

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FIOS is just another physical carrier, although it has a lot more potential than copper. My FIOS connection is 5/2, and I don't want to upgrade because the next tier I can get is 15/2, then 15/15, and I'd actually prefer 5/5 or 10/10, and I'm not willing to pay for the 15/15.

*sigh* If only you'd upgrade, you could raise your Poopli points/status...

[aaronwt]

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FIOS is just another physical carrier, although it has a lot more potential than copper. My FIOS connection is 5/2, and I don't want to upgrade because the next tier I can get is 15/2, then 15/15, and I'd actually prefer 5/5 or 10/10, and I'm not willing to pay for the 15/15.

My 30/5 tier is only $55 right now. At least through the end of August. After that I don't know what my options will be. I really can't downgrade since I'm so used to the fast speeds. I'm hoping by then Comcast will be pushing faster speeds and force FIOS to offer some more deals. Which is why I got my current deal since FIOS was matching the 30mbs Powerboost that Comcast has in my area.

[aaronwt]

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Aren't they offering 20/20 or 50/50 speeds in some areas? ....
I can imagine FiOS taking 15 Mb/sec to stream HD in MPEG-2. Why they chose that inefficient file format is beyond me!

They do offer faster speeds in the New York area. The fastest speed in my area is now 30/15 for $90 a month.

FIOS is using MPEG 2 beacause that is what the Motorola boxes they have can handle. They are supposed to replace them at some point in the future with MPEG4 capable boxes, but it's anyones guess when that will happen.

[RonV]

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Comcast has now intoduced Docsis 3.0 which will provide 160 mbps down and 120 mbps up. It does this though channel bonding. The into package is said to start with 50 mbps down and cost about $150 a month. FIOS goes for about $90 a month for the same bandwidth.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...ref=technology

This is truely the start of IPTV for Comcast. I am suprised they didin't use their bigger markets to start the rollout. But some folks may be unhappy because to provide this bandwidth they had to increase compression on some of their channels:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...ition-picture/

[HeadHodge]

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Does anyone know anything good or bad about HughesNet as an internet provider? It seems like it should have good download speeds. But don't know if you can upload or not. I've seen some of their dishes around, and there fairly hefty looking.

I thought I would try to discuss something about satellites without mentioning how Phasgorsmic Directv is!!

[Nded]

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Does anyone know anything good or bad about HughesNet as an internet provider?....snip....

Lots of talk about HughesNet can be found at http://www.dslreports.com/forum/sat - looks like one of the biggest gripes is being "FAP'd", which is their vernacular for when your bandwidth is drastically reduced after you download a ton of stuff. Overall, the consensus is that if you live somewhere that has access to something else (Cable, DSL, Semaphore), you'll probably want to stay away from it.

[NA9D]

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Isn't HughesNet part of directTV?

Anyhow, the bandwidth cap is there and the reason is you are sharing that bandwidth with EVERY SINGLE PERSON the satellite reaches which is basically the whole US and then some. So yeah, they can't allow bandwidth hogs. The Vudu would be a definite no-no on it. Also your latency is quite horrible since you have to go up to the satellite, back to earth, over the net, back to the satellite and back down. Latency is typically around 400 mS if I remember my numbers correctly.

[aaronwt]

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HughesNet is for a last resort. In areas where you can't get anything else like remote areas.