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Old 09-06-2018, 11:37 AM   #10
Undertoad
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You're so ridiculous!! It's 2018 now, and here's what happened while you were sleeping:

-- The NBC Universal buyout is complete and is 5 years old.

-- Since 2011, Skype is Microsoft.

-- Comcast HAS built out and no longer has the broad congestion issues they used to have.

But the rules still apply, except now we are watching even higher resolution video:

UHD video signal: 14,000,000 bits per second
HD video signal: 2,500,000 bits per second
SD video signal: 1,200,000 bits per second
VoIP signal: 12,000 bits per second

You can fit 1000 phone calls in one single 4K video stream. If you can stream video today, you have the minimum necessary for a decent voice experience.

For the last 10 years, the internet providers built out to the point where they can deliver you high def video. Because that is where the money is. Nobody is paying big money for voice.

That's why Comcast bought NBC/Universal and its intellectual property, which is mostly about video.
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