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[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Bill Williamson <batkiwi () happychinchilla com>
Date: December 16, 2005 7:56:48 PM EST
To: dave () farber net, Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com
Subject: Re: [IP] GOOD QUOTES IPTV quote


> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com>
> Date: December 16, 2005 5:38:35 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: IPTV quote
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> This IPTV stuff is no more IP than WAP was really the wireless  
> Internet.

I think you've completely misunderstood what IPTV is.  IPTV is the  
concept of using TCP/IP as a transport for digital television,  
usually so that it can travel on the same physical infrastructure as  
already existing IP traffic.  Think of it as the OPPOSITE of the  
cable modem protocols (allowing video over a data network, instead of  
data over a "video" network).
It sounds like you're mixing up IPTV and the concept of "WebTV,"  
which was having a web browser plugged into your TV.  Your comment I  
left in above is like saying "Cable modems don't allow me to watch TV  
on my PC, so what do they have to do with cable?"


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