I may have briefly broken my service agreement, but we were interested in testing intercontinental Slinging onto a *TV*. I could have conducted the experiment myself, but I didn't have any upcoming foreign travel planned.

Our download bitrate was consistantly in the mid-300s and that seems most likely due to my DSL cap. While I didn't see the video first hand, Ron in Australia said it was very watchable on his rear projection set.

The hardest part of the experiment was trying to explain US television specifics to Ron. ;) We got sidetracked with 'local affiliate stations' who rebroadcast NBC, ABC, CBS, etc for free. And that content is rebroadcast in turn by my cable provider (not free). It's obvious to me, but totally foreign in Australia. Being a TiVo guy, I also had to quiz him on how they get service in Australia (hack the unit, volunteers provide guide data which is servced from an imposter TiVo mothership).

I posted a few pics here:
http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-05/o...