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Old 15-11-2004, 16:11   #19
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Re: [Merged] 8Mb ADSL

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Originally Posted by ianathuth
That may be so but just think how fat the pipes would have to be if everyone chose that method of viewing and what the quality would be like if they all did it at the same time.
This is not a problem. I suggest they might do it using one or more HDDs at the exchange/headend for VoD and either multicast-IP or as now (fibre and / or satellite) for TV. Multicasting allows each backhaul packet to be distributed to any number of users simultaneously.
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