Rodent Regatta

What kind of bandwidth would be required to either stream or download the contents of a DVD? With fiber to the curb, any home could receive programming using intelligent ”edge” devices that are capable of storing 20 or 30 movies and or writing the data to DVD’s. Fiber to the curb is one bottleneck. The digital rights debate is another. Are there others?

Wal-Mart cues up a rival to Netflix: ”The service is similar to that offered by Netflix, the pioneer of online DVD subscription rentals. Customers pay a fixed monthly fee and receive by U.S. mail a limited number of DVDs for as long as they want with no due dates, late fees or postal charges. Wal-Mart plans to charge $18.86 per month. Netflix’s main plan charges $19.95, a price at which customers can rent as many movies as they want during a month but can have only three out at a given time.” [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson]