EdgeStream announces a Video Content Delivery Network with an attitude - High Definition Video streaming for everyone. No Interruptions; No degradation in Video Quality; No re-buffering. Powered by its patented Internet Congestion Tunnel Through (ICTT) and Continuous Route Optimization (CROS) technologies, the EdgeStream VCDN is fulfilling the dreams of every web video operator - provide a quality of service similar to private operators like Cable, Satellite and Telco TV with High Definition video streaming to...
I've not heard anything beyond what is in the press release. I am naturally skeptical of any "streaming" service though, as the bitrate is limited by your download bandwidth ... which in the best of cases is 1-3 Mbps for most folks. As you know, even with the best compression schemes available today, that doesn't provide very good quality when viewed on today's large TV sets.
When I read this release, my take is there is a lot of hypebole.
"Disruptive" pricing - hmmm - did they just reinvent physics/financial aspects of the internet. "without melting down the Public Internet" - oh, please. I just think this might be take with a grain of salt - it has the aura of a penny stock promo.
They can certainly improve upon internet distribution perhaps but unless they invent a new way to compress data, and/or reduce packet overhead (and it sounds like the opposite), they should not be able to improve on the bandwidth of the final connection in the house.
Yes, this should be watched, I would like to be proved (once again!) wrong. But I am not investing just yet.
