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Discussion in 'The Tiger's Den' started by lesneedstogo, Sep 1, 2015.

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Bengal B Founding Member

red55 said: ↑

I have Uverse internet. My installer was a supervisor who said that most problems that people have are in direct correlation with their distance from the nearest buried fiber optic junction box. The further the signal must pass through copper wires in trees, junctions, splices, etc., the slower it is, the bandwidth is reduced, and more sources of problems exist. I am half a block from the box and my service is reliable and speedy.

They are now offering fiber optic all the way to individual houses in some large markets for incredibly high bandwidth, probably also very expensive. But that is the way things are going and it is what will eventually kill satellite TV. But it will be years ahead, maybe a decade before every neighborhood in Baton Rouge has fibre optics. Look how long it took just to get the Uverse system up--years and it is still unavailable in most places.
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I don't think it will totally kill satellite TV, especially now that ATT owns DTV. Lot's of people take their satellite receivers with them to tailgate and watch games.

Bengal B, Sep 3, 2015

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Tiger Exile Long time lurker

Bengal B said: ↑

Did they send Dr Frankenstein over with your new brain?
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Fraaankensteen and the first brain was Abby Normal.

Tiger Exile, Sep 3, 2015

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LSUpride123 said: ↑

I tried sling. Like it. However our internet company is not worth a damn. Couldn't watch much of anything without interruption.

Can't miss a game.
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Agree, the underlying Internet service is a big factor. That's why I noted in your other thread my location and provider.

furduknfish, Sep 3, 2015

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red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

Bengal B said: ↑

I don't think it will totally kill satellite TV, especially now that ATT owns DTV. Lot's of people take their satellite receivers with them to tailgate and watch games.
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More and more they are taking iDevices, streaming a TV feed via broadband, and bluetoothing it to a big screen. As speeds pick up, people will ditch the dish.

red55, Sep 3, 2015

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LSUpride123 PureBlood

red55 said: ↑

More and more they are taking iDevices, streaming a TV feed via broadband, and bluetoothing it to a big screen. As speeds pick up, people will ditch the dish.
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Speed is t the problem. It's reliability.

I can download at 100mbs. It just cuts out. Streaming is perfect. Live games you are screwed.

LSUpride123, Sep 3, 2015

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tirk im the lyrical jessie james

exactly what i was thinking. yeah we are a long ways from reliability on that scale for live events. and the more who stream the less bandwith available so it gets progressively worse, real fast.

tirk, Sep 3, 2015

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Bengal B Founding Member

tirk said: ↑

exactly what i was thinking. yeah we are a long ways from reliability on that scale for live events. and the more who stream the less bandwith available so it gets progressively worse, real fast.
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They will have to have a huge bandwidth boost at Tiger Stadium. In the past its been so bad you couldn't get a signal to even make A call

Bengal B, Sep 3, 2015

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shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

red55 said: ↑

But it will be years ahead, maybe a decade before every neighborhood in Baton Rouge has fibre optics.
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Cox is about to launch this really soon.

shane0911, Sep 4, 2015

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red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

I've always said . . . whoever is the first to get fibre optics all the way to my house will get all my business. Whether the phone company, the cable TV company, or a third party.

This is one of this areas where I think local governments like Lafayette are smart to install a city-operated non-profit physical network and let us all have access to many more online vendors for phone, internet, HDTV, and lots more. It's where a bit of smart government can enable much more private enterprise by ending the near-monopolies enjoyed by Cox and ATT.

red55, Sep 4, 2015

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CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

red55 said: ↑

I've always said . . . whoever is the first to get fibre optics all the way to my house will get all my business. Whether the phone company, the cable TV company, or a third party.

This is one of this areas where I think local governments like Lafayette are smart to install a city-operated non-profit physical network and let us all have access to many more online vendors for phone, internet, HDTV, and lots more. It's where a bit of smart government can enable much more private enterprise by ending the near-monopolies enjoyed by Cox and ATT.
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Ray Nagin was an executive with Cox before becoming mayor of NOLA. Nagin, while at Cox, installs fiber optics throughout the city ($500,000,000 project). Soon thereafter, he runs for Mayor. Post Katrina enjoyed the exclusive rising of fiber optic leasing to god and everyone else. Huge failure with the crime camera install, but that doesn't preclude Cox from becoming the monopoly they have enjoyed to date.

CajunlostinCali, Sep 4, 2015

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