Simon

An additional point to consider is that it takes a lot of effort and

$$$$ to get a channel allocated to your content in a cable network. 

This is much easier when TV is being distributed over the Internet.

-----Original Message-----

From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On 

Behalf Of Simon Lockhart

Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:42 PM

To: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com

Cc: nanog@merit.edu

Subject: Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a 

day, continuously?

On Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 07:52:02AM +0000, 

Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com wrote:

Given that the broadcast model for streaming content

is so successful, why would you want to use the

Internet for it? What is the benefit?

How many channels can you get on your (terrestrial) broadcast 

receiver?

If you want more, your choices are satellite or cable. To get 

cable, you 

need to be in a cable area. To get satellite, you need to 

stick a dish on 

the side of your house, which you may not want to do, or may 

not be allowed

to do.

With IPTV, you just need a phoneline (and be close enough to 

the exchange/CO

to get decent xDSL rate). In the UK, I'm already delivering 

40+ channels over

IPTV (over inter-provider multicast, to any UK ISP that wants it).

Simon