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> >> >Imagine how much bandwidth reduction we could accomplish if we eliminated:
> >> >
> >> >--e-mail SPAM
> >> >--Newsgroup SPAM
> >> >--"push" servers (like PointCast)

[snip]

> >>   PointCast isn't a bandwidth sucker for the internet as a whole. 
> >Unlike spam, it takes paths designed for high bandwidth.  The data is
> >compressed and the amount bandwidth used for PointCast ads is far lower
> >than the bandwidth used for banner ads on web pages.
> >> 
> >>   PointCast is a company that has internet advertising right.  The ads
> >give you free access to pay news services.  You can also turn off
> >PointCast if you don't like it.  Spam keeps comming.
> >
> >Excuse my naivette then....doesn't PointCast use the "spew"
> >theory.....just blast the whole interenet with the material and anyone who
> >turns on PointCast can hear it (similar to the way a radio station works),
> >or am I confusing their brand name with another class of Push technology?

[snip]

>   PointCast's "broadcast" and "push" terms are confusing.  It isn't
spewed out all over the Internet and tuned in like a radio.  Data is only
sent to clients which request it.  Better yet, only updates to the
clients' existing content are sent.
> 
>   PointCast's "broadcast" refers to the intelligence built into the
user's client software and PointCast's servers which eliminates the slow
and tedious task of hunting down URLs in a browser.  You tell your client
what you want and it automatically appears and stays up-to-date on your
machine, as if it was tuned into a broadcast.

Then my apologies, I did not mean PointCast then...I was probably thinking
of one of the other zillion-odd brand names. My apologies to PointCast for
any negative connotations.

> (The marking people at PointCast are reading this newsgroup and I just
called their buzzwords confusing.  I'm sure I'll hear about this one
tomorrow.)

Nah, say it like it is. "Broadcast" does call to mind what I described,
but it obviously is *not* what PointCast is...

Thanks for the clarification. [The idea is still true....some Push
technologies are major bandwidth hogs.]


kevin at quosig dot com

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 Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood."