Re: Netflix Is Eating Up More Of North America's Bandwidth Than Any Other Company

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Jeroen van Aart <jeroen () mompl net> wrote:
> Joe Abley wrote:
> > Or perhaps even some kind of new technology that is independent of the
> > Internet! Imagine such futuristic ideas as solar-powered spacecraft in orbit
> > around the planet bouncing content back across massive areas so that
> > everybody can pick them up at once.
> >
> > Crazy stuff.
>
> You mean like a sputnik?

sputnik was VERY low bandwidth though... if you wanted to stream a
current movie, you'd likely have to have started when sputnik actually
launched to be sure you'd be able to watch it next year.