RE: Futurewatch on streamngmedia connectivity

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Posted By: Dom Robinson

. Sadly its not my IPr - and we are NDA'd on it. However we are able to
'do' business development for them - lets take it off list?


Dom Robinson

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> Subject: Re: [advanced] Futurewatch on streamngmedia connectivity
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> What do you use to aggregate multiple sources of bandwidth? Exactly
> something I am working on right now:
>
> we also use a link aggregator so we can join in 3G or
> wifi and the sat up as one single 'pipe' since usually where there is
> no line of
> sight its a dense city and mobile links are abundant..
>
> Thanks Dom!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dom Robinson To: StreamingMedia.com - Advanced Sent: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 4:15 am
> Subject: RE: [advanced] Futurewatch on streamngmedia connectivity
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>
>
> On the ob vans we work with idirect ip - ad-hoc to about 1.6Mbps and
> most places
> covered. Where we have line of sight issues we can detach the dish for
> building
> roof or similar mounting - we also use a link aggregator so we can
join
> in 3G or
> wifi and the sat up as one single 'pipe' since usually where there is
> no line of
> sight its a dense city and mobile links are abundant..
>
> Its all built into vans with two high grade encoders / pcs - an mpeg 4
> encoder
> and a simple 4 chan shoot setup.
>
> Often we just supply encode and links, but the mini production
facility
> is very
> handy..
>
> I can't see any wired service ever giving us the flexibility and 3G is
> too
> sparse at the mo..
>
> dom
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sent: 13 June 2008 04:31
> To: StreamingMedia.com - Advanced Subject: [advanced] Futurewatch on streamngmedia connectivity
>
> Hi List,
>
> I have been tasked and asked repeatedly - what are the next generation
> applications of streaming media, by clients -
> The challenge I am always faced with is "random connectivity":
Meaning,
> we want to do the high end interactive's in real time, yet we can not
> rely on the local 'built in' mechanisms for bandwidth - How, oh
> brilliant streamers, do we deal with random locations with a
consistent
> experience. My mind goes to satellite based solution, but not all
> locations will be conducive to such a solution -
>
> Tradition dictates 'bring in an ISP with a T1 or drop fiber' solution
-
> I am thinking fly-away satellite uplinks (ip based) for connectivity -
> BUT, I want a better SLA based on terrestrial systems - like fiber...
> is satellite ready for us??
>
> This is the issue - Microsoft and Cisco are introducing these fully
> interactive/360/3D broadband conferencing solutions for next
generation
> (or 360 experiences) that have fantastical promises of 360
> environments, but how in the world do we accomplish this with any
level
> of certainty when we have such suspect (ISP) means of connectivity -
> while watching our price points??
>
> Other than the fly away satellite systems will be prone to latency
> issues (granted 1 full second is not the end of the world) - what
> should we be looking to for our connectivity? WiFi? Satellite? I am
> still sketchy on then connectivity/ISP solutions for events that
travel
> and need connectivity across multiple points...
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Best and thanks
> Nico Mclane
>
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