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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CableLabs prez: HD VOD is cable's best weapon against satellite, IPTV]]></title><link>http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/01/cablelabs-prez-hd-vod-is-cables-best-weapon-against-satellite/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/01/cablelabs-prez-hd-vod-is-cables-best-weapon-against-satellite/</guid><description><![CDATA[How does on implement bandwidth management under a fully deployed VOD market? At which node within the network are the video srteaming servers located? I'm imagining a Friday or Saturday night when you have 10,000 customers watching 2,000 streamed movies simultaneously. At some point within a market congestion is going to get ugly.<br><br>Do they implement some sort of packet prioritization? That would be at the heart of what consumers fear (re: net-neutrality). Will this require a given market to migrate to IP-based video delivery (a la IPTV)? Saying its cable's best weapon against satellite and IPTV is asinine considering IPTV is also being used in CABLE, and being contemplated by most major cable operators to better scale existing bandwidth resources.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GhostDoggy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 1st 2006 7:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CableLabs prez: HD VOD is cable's best weapon against satellite, IPTV]]></title><link>http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/01/cablelabs-prez-hd-vod-is-cables-best-weapon-against-satellite/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/01/cablelabs-prez-hd-vod-is-cables-best-weapon-against-satellite/</guid><description><![CDATA[Pretty bogus statement if you ask me. Believe me, Verizon Fios has more than enough bandwidth to handle HD-VOD. Fiber optics folks, the sky's the limit.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach Graen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2006 4:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CableLabs prez: HD VOD is cable's best weapon against satellite, IPTV]]></title><link>http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/01/cablelabs-prez-hd-vod-is-cables-best-weapon-against-satellite/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/01/cablelabs-prez-hd-vod-is-cables-best-weapon-against-satellite/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually Ghost raises a valid concern.  FTTx WILL be a holy grail when it's widely deployed - but that's not the case yet.  The RBOCs are digging up the streets as fast as possible, but it takes time to lay cable. Point to point traffic will present problems if VoD takes off - not over the backbone, but at the regional level where the lines get thinner.  This is why cable VoD is far less than 40% deployed right now.  Should the take-up of on-demand services find sudden favor, there is definitely a congestion issue to contend with.  Most VoD networks are set-up to handle 10% concurrency (a rate rarely met today).  But the market can suddenly decide that on-demand is in - and then cable VoD will be SoL.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adventuring1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2006 9:14PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>