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Mutt · 08-07-2003, 02:44 AM

From: Heath Roberts ([email protected])
Subject: Re: Videos by Phone

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Date: 1991-01-25 16:30:44 PST

In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (barj) writes:

>> Reportedly, the technology can transmit a two hour movie over phone
>> lines in fifteen seconds to thousands of destinations.
>If this is the case, you're going to need well over 300,000 telephones.
>And a mailman who will be prepared to deliver the 3500+ bills a day. :-)
>The Sonet/SDH intercontinental level is only going to use a bit-rate
>of 2.4Gbps and I doubt that _that_ will be anywhere near the market
>place by 1995.

Full motion video takes about ten to fifteen megabits per second of
bandwidth. Northern Telecom has 2.4Gb and 4.8Gb units on the market,
and higher-rate units working that have to be field-packaged (I can't
say any more specifics).

This kind of system (selectable video program) has been demonstrated
by Northern Telecom at a retirement community in Florida, and is part
of Fiberworld. It does require fiber optic cable to the customer
premises, and right now such service probably wouldn't be allowed by
regulatory agencies, but it is coming. At least technically.

The service the writer above mentioned is probably a movie-ordering
system. You call a number to see a given movie, the cable TV company
gets your number, maps it to the appropriate video box number, and
tells your decoder to let you watch the movie. The difference is that
your LEC is NOT providing the video, only subscriber information to
the cable franchise. This has been tariffed in a few states already.

08-07-2003, 02:44 AM
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	From: Heath Roberts ([email protected]) Subject: Re: Videos by Phone View this article only Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Date: 1991-01-25 16:30:44 PST In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (barj) writes: >> Reportedly, the technology can transmit a two hour movie over phone >> lines in fifteen seconds to thousands of destinations. >If this is the case, you're going to need well over 300,000 telephones. >And a mailman who will be prepared to deliver the 3500+ bills a day. :-) >The Sonet/SDH intercontinental level is only going to use a bit-rate >of 2.4Gbps and I doubt that _that_ will be anywhere near the market >place by 1995. Full motion video takes about ten to fifteen megabits per second of bandwidth. Northern Telecom has 2.4Gb and 4.8Gb units on the market, and higher-rate units working that have to be field-packaged (I can't say any more specifics). This kind of system (selectable video program) has been demonstrated by Northern Telecom at a retirement community in Florida, and is part of Fiberworld. It does require fiber optic cable to the customer premises, and right now such service probably wouldn't be allowed by regulatory agencies, but it is coming. At least technically. The service the writer above mentioned is probably a movie-ordering system. You call a number to see a given movie, the cable TV company gets your number, maps it to the appropriate video box number, and tells your decoder to let you watch the movie. The difference is that your LEC is NOT providing the video, only subscriber information to the cable franchise. This has been tariffed in a few states already. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!