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Studies have shown that the existing broadband infrastructure cannot cope with events attracting a mass audience. It is one of the scenarios being examined by the DCMS. "The cloud" isn't designed to massively increase bandwidth at the drop of a hat.
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What you’re experiencing here is one of OB’s standard tactics, the ‘breezy dismissal’, in which he hopes he sounds so authoritative and certain of his facts that everyone will assume he’s read up on the subject and must know what he’s talking about.
In fact, the inability of the national broadband infrastructure to cope is discussed at length in the Ofcom document, which we all know he’s aware of (even though it’s still unclear if he’s actually read it). Amongst the many problems is that if you’re watching a live event and pause it to make a cup of tea, you can no longer be served from a multicast. The service provider then has to provide a bespoke stream for you, as well as everyone else who paused it to answer the door to the pizza dude. There comes a point when the network can’t cope - something that simply doesn’t happen with broadcast.
It’s no coincidence that low budget FAST channels like most of what’s available on Pluto TV don’t let you pause/rewind. It allows them to multicast without the risk of network load running out of control.
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Now you are just being silly, although I'm not sure why I should be surprised by that.
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My bad, you totally get it after all
