One solution the cable co's are considering is switching the signal at their end rather than yours. So instead of having to send you all the channels, they only have to send you the one you are watching (or the one you are watching plus the one you are recording). Thus the bandwidth limitation goes away. Of course, this also means that they always know exactly what channel each of you is watching. Hello big brother.
Anyone know the bitrates provided by Verizon's new fiber optic FIOS service?
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Aron @ Sep 20th 2006 6:11PM
One solution the cable co's are considering is switching the signal at their end rather than yours. So instead of having to send you all the channels, they only have to send you the one you are watching (or the one you are watching plus the one you are recording). Thus the bandwidth limitation goes away. Of course, this also means that they always know exactly what channel each of you is watching. Hello big brother.
Anyone know the bitrates provided by Verizon's new fiber optic FIOS service?