The latest cable technologies are on demand - it's why the latest Comcast upgrade requires a set top box for every TV now for almost all the channels. They're using a switching technology so when a user changes channels it then connects rather than an always-on system for all channels. Paul On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:30 PM, r j <ronsmailbox5 at gmail.com> wrote: > So how much bandwidth is taken up by cable sending 1000+ channels witch no > one watches. > Why not just connect to a isp server to stream the shows you want to watch? > (this message transfer speed -5 because there is no corporate code in the > header packet) > ,RJ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >