[AusNOG] Netflix coming to Australia

[Skeeve Stevens]

I agree... although if you can get Foxtel via Cable, then you can get
BigPond at the moment, then NBNCo later.

If you are getting it via Satellite then I'd also agree with you.

Thing is... content is king, but quality content is an even bigger king,
and I think with the quality that is coming, people will choose services
that enable that content.

Btw... This discussion wasn't really about those with low-speeds, that is a
different discussion.


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On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Bruce Forster <bruce at tubes.net.au> wrote:

> >My first thought would be that Foxtel Play, Bigpond TV, Quickflix,
> FetchTV, Freeview, StreamCo and others >will die very quickly.
>
> Yeah maybe, i'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat as me, Stuck on
> a RIM with ADSL1.
> 8000/384k isn't enough for me to just have tv streaming over it...
>
> I pay for Foxtel, and yeah i do use some of the free content via the
> internet however i use the link for work, so its just not fast enough to do
> both.
>
> Until i can get 20+mbit down at home i don't think i would give up my
> Foxtel... So wheres my NBN? :P
>
>
> On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Skeeve Stevens <
> skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> The Australian has reported (
>> http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/how-the-australian-launch-of-internet-streaming-service-netflix-will-change-your-life/story-fnjwmwrh-1226930807121)
>> that Netflix is coming to Australia next year.
>>
>> Whether this eventuates or not, someone or something will do it in a big
>> way real soon.
>>
>> So, let's say that Netflix does land... this would most likely mean that
>> Amazon Prime will land around the same time too.
>>
>> My first thought would be that Foxtel Play, Bigpond TV, Quickflix,
>> FetchTV, Freeview, StreamCo and others will die very quickly.
>>
>> My second thought would be that the availability of media plays such as
>> Roku 3, Amazon Fire will land and devices like AppleTV (or whatever they
>> might release next week) will see a resurgence.
>>
>> My third thought, and most significantly to AUSNOG and for discussion, I
>> think that there would be a reasonably significant increase in the average
>> USAGE per user.
>>
>> Internet connected media streamers for TV's (and SmartTV's themselves)
>> are still relatively deployed in small numbers.
>>
>> They are just often too complicated for average users to get working, and
>> of all the houses of the friends I go into, even those in the hi-tech
>> space, media players are still rare... maybe 1 out of 5-8 homes.  More have
>> a TV connected pc and watch content, but I am talking about media players.
>>
>> The takeoff of these services will quickly see (within 6-12 months) a
>> significant number of home having one or multiple devices.
>>
>> So... to the issue which will have an impact on most ISPs... I'd be
>> interested on what the list thinks will happen to the average usage per
>> user, contention, backhaul, transit and peering (which I assume they will
>> join).
>>
>> The other thing that may boost this is the availability of high speed
>> broadband... if NBNCo buys the cable assets of Telstra and Optus, that will
>> give some 1 million homes that NBNCo RSPs have access to... nice.
>>
>>
>>
>> ...Skeeve
>>
>> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>> skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com ; www.eintellegonetworks.com
>>
>> Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve
>>
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>>
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>
> --
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>
> Bruce
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