Vodafone TV over VDSL

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r0bbie

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#150137 12-Jul-2014 13:43

Any plans for Vodafone TV to come over VDSL, for those who get 65Mb down??? or does it need higher than that?

Im in a area of auckland that doesnt get uhf well and vodafone TV would be nice to have!

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#1087702 12-Jul-2014 13:54

Issue is not speed of VDSL but other things

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#1087705 12-Jul-2014 13:58

Fibre provisions 72mb/s for Vodafone TV.
Possible speed issue but its not suitable for TV.

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#1087714 12-Jul-2014 14:12

Delivering IPTV requires a CIR and multicast. Neither are currently available over the current VDSL2 product offering.

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#1088290 14-Jul-2014 02:51

Can't it be done as regular streams
example

theedgetv

rtmp://live-geo.mediaworks.co.nz/live/theedgetv_1500kbps

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#1088293 14-Jul-2014 06:21

Apsattv: Can't it be done as regular streams
example

theedgetv

rtmp://live-geo.mediaworks.co.nz/live/theedgetv_1500kbps

That really depends what your definition of "can it be done as a regular stream is".

If we're talking about a single channel, yes it could. But we're talking about 100+ channels covering 800Mbps of traffic here, so the answer to your question is no. There would be no guaranteed QoS and exceptionally inefficient delivery with no multicast.

rokki

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#1088375 14-Jul-2014 10:33

Hi i seem to remember when Vodafone TV was first being launched that they talked about a limited flavour of V TV possibly being available on VDSL but try as i might i cant remember where i saw it.

Ahh found the article http://www.nbr.co.nz/vodafone-ufb

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#1088400 14-Jul-2014 10:54

IMO there's too much varience in VDSL speeds between users to be able to successfully roll out a VDSL version of the current Vodafone TV offering.
The issue wouldn't be that much around you must have X Mbps to use this, it would be the "Oh I've got VDSL,I'll change my sky over to get this".

Unfortantly not everyone is like @TimA and gets 60Mbps off their connection

, With the majority I've seen somewhere between 20Mbps and 40Mbps

An on demand Netflix style service I could see working but for a standard "Tv" service where people would expect the same style of Watch one channel record 2 others, you're better of getting Sky / Freeview.

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#1088401 14-Jul-2014 10:56

sbiddle:
Apsattv: Can't it be done as regular streams
example

theedgetv

rtmp://live-geo.mediaworks.co.nz/live/theedgetv_1500kbps

That really depends what your definition of "can it be done as a regular stream is".

If we're talking about a single channel, yes it could. But we're talking about 100+ channels covering 800Mbps of traffic here, so the answer to your question is no. There would be no guaranteed QoS and exceptionally inefficient delivery with no multicast.

Maybe just the FTA main networks?
1,2,3,4,prime, maori, choice, sommet sport etc

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#1088406 14-Jul-2014 11:04

I'm not sure what point their would be sending out people a STB that could only pick up a limited number of FTA channels.

Deploying any large scale service without multicast is also doomed from the start and multicast isn't currently available with the wholesale VDSL2 offering.

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#1088418 14-Jul-2014 11:30

I wouldn't bother with a set-top-box that streamed the FTA channels. If you have broadband fast enough to do that you can probably receive them already.

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#1088503 14-Jul-2014 12:59

I was thinking of streams for PC / Tablet viewing, not via a STB