Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Nov 29, 2010, at 8:04 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

> On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Ben Butler wrote:
>
> > In the Uk, we used to have 2MB DSL, and business providers like myself would happily provide it on the basis of CBR 
> > 2Mbit and we did'nt care what you did with it.  2Mbit is more than enough for streaming and I challenge anyone 
> > otherwise.
>
> I say otherwise.
>
> So do many customers who want 720 or 1080 lines on their TV.
You can stream 1080p/5.1 128khz over 2mbps at high quality using codecs that were available 2 years ago.
(VP6, VP7 can do this, for example).

However, yes, 2mbps is at the low end of acceptable today since many households want more than one
1080p stream at a time.

Owen