roundtable: RE: ENTERTAINING VIDEO O

roundtable: RE: ENTERTAINING VIDEO O

RE: ENTERTAINING VIDEO O

Matt York (myork@videomaker.com)
Wed, 29 Mar 1995 08:29:49 -0800 

Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 08:29:49 -0800
Message-Id: <199503291629.IAA10488@video.hidden.videomaker.com>
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: myork@videomaker.com (Matt York)
Subject: RE: ENTERTAINING VIDEO O


Jack Hirschfeld wrote:
> 
>If I agreed that there is some social benefit 
>to moving large "special interest video files" around more easily and 
>cheaper, a premise I challenge at its core - there is no persuasive 
>reason for abondoning the radio spectrum (and analog transmission) for 
>this purpose and burdening our wonderful network, which is already 
>beginning to sag under the weight of large files through the WWW.

Valid concern. 

Valid concern. 

Valid concern. 

The problem with radio spectrum is that there is room for only a few
"channels" so special interest is out of the question. Copper wires, on 
the other hand, have lots of room for more channels. Maybe not the 
twisted pair that the telcos control but the coaxial cables that will 
soon carry 500 channels. The regulatory environment that surrounds 
telcos allows us to do say what ever we want to say on this mailing 
list. Telcos are common carriers. Cable companies are not. They control 
everything that passes on their wires. If for some reason someone on 
this list had some information that is best conveyed in video form, 
they'd be forced to use another common carrier, the post office, to 
hand deliver the data.  

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