IPTV a 'non-starter'

With IPTV you need some QOS, actually quite a bit. Telkom can't provide that atm. So I really would like to see any IPTV service work in SA.
 
I actually think you'll find that Telkom are quite able to provide QOS on their local network, they just don't want to right now, as they're waiting to roll out IPTV first.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qos

Quality of service, or QoS, in the field of telephony, was defined in the ITU standard X.902 as "A set of quality requirements on the collective behavior of one or more objects."

In the fields of packet-switched networks and computer networking, the traffic engineering term Quality of Service refers to resource reservation control mechanisms. Quality of Service can provide different priority to different users or data flows, or guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow in accordance with requests from the application program or the internet service provider policy. Quality of Service guarantees are important if the network capacity is limited, for example in cellular data communication, especially for real-time streaming multimedia applications, for example voice over IP and IP-TV, since these often require fixed bit rate and may be delay sensitive.
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Hi Feo

I think here it refers to the quality of the streaming video. With a guaranteed QoS one should expect a service similar to standard TV, but in a non-QoS environment there may be jitter etc...YouTube may be a good example...

More technical guys may be able to give a better description or correct mistakes...
 
It is a rather bizarre and pointless article. Telkom Media have already said that IPTV will run over ADSL 2+ , that it will be local, uncapped, and totally separated from your regular internet access, at a fixed monthly cost of R310pm.

The war of meaningless words has begun.
 
Which is why I felt the need to post the responding article...

It seems mutlichoice is on a mission to spread a pack of lies...

I for one love my DSTV but competition is always good and if I can get my internet and tv from the same company I will be much happier...
 
Am I the only one that thinks it's daft to go for ADSL2+ now? Other countries having been running off 2+ for a while now and I'm surprised they chose ADSL2+.

Why not go for something better like VDSL2 where you can have triple play services instead of having a vanilla ADSL network for internet and 2+ for IPTV. :confused:
 
I think they will upgrade the whole network to ADSL2+. It makes no sense to keep the ADSL1 equipment running as well. But then again, we are talking about Telkom ...
 
feo said:
Am I the only one that thinks it's daft to go for ADSL2+ now? Other countries having been running off 2+ for a while now and I'm surprised they chose ADSL2+.

Why not go for something better like VDSL2 where you can have triple play services instead of having a vanilla ADSL network for internet and 2+ for IPTV. :confused:
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No, you're not daft, like yourself I am also a dreamer, but sadly VDSL* will remain a dream in SA until there is lots of fibre optic everywhere - until then we have green oxidised copper to look forward to...
 
ic said:
No, you're not daft, like yourself I am also a dreamer, but sadly VDSL* will remain a dream in SA until there is lots of fibre optic everywhere - until then we have green oxidised copper to look forward to...
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Thing about dreams is they can become reailty :D

Hopefully Neo...
 
ic said:
No, you're not daft, like yourself I am also a dreamer, but sadly VDSL* will remain a dream in SA until there is lots of fibre optic everywhere - until then we have green oxidised copper to look forward to...
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For existing multiple-dwelling-unit (MDU) buildings, where running fiber to each unit may not be feasible, telcos often use VDSL to connect individual units over existing copper through a central optical network terminal located in the existing telco closet
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So VDSL IS being used for triple play.

What's the highest speed on ADSL2+ though? 20Mbps?
 
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADSL2+
Also ADSL2+ allows port bonding. This is where multiple ports are physically provisioned to the end user and the total bandwidth is equal to the sum of all provisioned ports. So if 2 lines capable of 24 Mbit/s were bonded the end result would be a connection capable of 48 Mbit/s.
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