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Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously?
From: Gian Constantine <constantinegi () corp earthlink net>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:59:59 -0500
The cable companies have been chomping at the bit for unbundled channels for years, so have consumers. The content providers will never let it happen. Their claim is the popular channels support the diversity of not-so-popular channels. Apparently, production costs are high all around (not surprising) and most channels do not support themselves entirely.
The MSOs have had a la carte on their Santa wish list for years and the content providers do not believe in Santa Claus. :-) They believe in Benjamin Franklin...lots and lots of Benjamin Franklin.
Gian Anthony Constantine Senior Network Design Engineer Earthlink, Inc. On Jan 13, 2007, at 7:14 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
In the USA at least, the cable companies make you pay for "bundles" to get channels you want. I have to pay for 3 bundles to get 2 channels we actually want to watch. (One of these bundle is apparently only sold if you are already getting another, which we don't actually care about.) So, it actually costs us $ 40 + / month to get the two channels we want (plus a bunch we don't.) So, it occurs to me that there is a business selling solo channels on the Internet, as is, with the ads, for order $ 5 - $ 10 per subscriber per month, which should leave a substantial profit after the payments to the networks and bandwidth costs.
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- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously?, (continued)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Alexander Harrowell (Jan 21)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Stephen Sprunk (Jan 21)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Alexander Harrowell (Jan 21)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Perry Lorier (Jan 21)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Travis H. (Jan 21)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Mikael Abrahamsson (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Mikael Abrahamsson (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Gian Constantine (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Stephen Sprunk (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Roland Dobbins (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Mikael Abrahamsson (Jan 14)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Travis H. (Jan 19)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Andy Davidson (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Michal Krsek (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Joe Abley (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Gian Constantine (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Richard Naylor (Jan 15)