[BC] Program transmission suggestions

[Mike McCarthy]

Not to throw acid on the whole idea of public IP concept, but it 
really scares me when one considers the fragility of the public 
internet network.  It might work fine today when IP traffic loads are 
nominal.  What about when there is a major event and general usage 
skyrockets or there is an attack on the core servers?  Or worse yet, 
there is a national emergency and parts of the internet capacity are 
reallocated for clear government access/use.

Then there is the background talk of ISP's charging by the MB over 
and above the standard monthly rate.  A toll of sorts.  At $0.01/MB, 
that's $10/GB.  Do the math. A 24/7 stream at 384Kbps would be nearly 
$10K/mo. At 192Kbps, that's still nearly $5K/mo.  At full-T-1, it 
could be as much as $40K/mo at the above rate. Even at 10% of the 
above, ($1/GB) that's still more than a full T-1 will cost in many locations.

All of a sudden, T-1 looks REAL cheap.  REALLY CHEAP.

MM




At 06:21 PM 4/23/2008 -0400, Larry Lamoray wrote
>For a little less than $600 plus the DSL monthly costs, Barix will 
>do the job. Have done it successfully on several projects.
>
>We sell the units too. :-))