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doobiwan
10th January 2007, 03:32 PM
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=5325


“We have been working with Microsoft with respect to entertainment services. The Xbox 360 is part of the ongoing evaluations in respect of such services,” Telkom said.

And peeps thought it was just a conspiracy theory!
RotoRouterZA
10th January 2007, 03:34 PM
Lovingly strokes my xbox... :)

This is hopefully going to be a good year!!!
Ruslan74
10th January 2007, 03:58 PM
so now i have to buy another X360 as my wife will for sure confiscate the current one to watch Egoli! :(
RotoRouterZA
10th January 2007, 04:00 PM
HAHAHAHA

I was going to get one anyway...
doobiwan
10th January 2007, 04:07 PM
Heh heh,

No you won't, you'll need to buy an MS Home Server So you can stream the stuff to your PC as well ;)

. . . But I am very glad I got the 360 rather than the Wii at this stage. Wii can wait . . .
Ruslan74
10th January 2007, 04:11 PM
well, i am planning to get Vista to stream stuff from my PC to the X360 anyhow... man... its going to be a streamy mess. :p
doobiwan
10th January 2007, 04:25 PM
You don't need Vista to stream apparently the 360 will work with Media Player 11.
Noodle
10th January 2007, 04:42 PM
Great there goes my theory of not getting anything with a telkom logo on it :(

Heard the same bout MP 11. (or windows media edition)
SlappY
10th January 2007, 05:09 PM
Guys, note it said nothing about IPTV. They could be talking about the basic live service.
doobiwan
10th January 2007, 05:30 PM
Slaps, it is IPTV, Telkom's been trialling the MS platform for a while now in conjunction with Alcatel, just search MyADSL for an article.

There's also a "Telkom Employee" on the Xbox-360 forums whose apparently confirmed that this is the case and the it's working 100%.
stoke
10th January 2007, 07:48 PM
TV over IP.
Stupidest idea ever in a country struggling to get 8MB bandwidth.
Airwaves are sooo much cheaper.
<or i'm missing the point?>
I simply cannot imagine wasting bandwidth on adverts.
SlappY
10th January 2007, 08:02 PM
Well then that is good news. Perhaps I should hold off on the DSTV for now.
doobiwan
11th January 2007, 09:44 AM
Stoke, I doubt they'll charge "bandwidth" on IPTV, it'll be just like cable TV.

I do agree though, if they can do 8mbps for IPTV why the heck can't we get it for normal usage as well.

The advantages of IPTV for me are more things like video on demand which I guess are not really IPTV.