Camelot One
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| reply to fiberguy
Re: It's pretty sweet
Video on Demand has been the one (and only in my opinion) thing Cable has had over DirecTV. So I think that fact alone is motivating them to roll this out, more than the idea of offloading the cost of distribution.
And while I agree with parts of your opinion, I also view it as "you advertised it, now provide it" when it comes to the internet connection itself. AT&T has said absolutely nothing to me (their customer) about not using my 6000/768 lines to move data at 6000/768. They bill me for 6000/768, and therefore I feel they have no say in what I use that connection to download. (setting aside the arguments over pirated material)
That said, I am one of the beta testers, and even given the small number of us that were using the DoD service during it's beta only trial, not once did it max out my connection. Some speculate the DTV servers just didn't have the output bandwidth to do so, but with this now a national release, they should. I think DTV is probably limiting the speed, be it on their end or via a setting on the box. So while monthly caps could still be a complaint, there really isn't an argument of them clogging up the lines with a high throughput.
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