Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> necoandjeff wrote:
>
> > John W. wrote:
> >
> >>For those interested, there's a short article in the January
_Wired_
> >>about using a broadband connection to watch international
programming.
> >>The technology is TV2Me and is expensive; see www.spaceshift.net.
> >>John W.

TV2Me "space-shifts" *all* a locale's TV to anywhere else the
subscriber goes. It's legal, a one-to-one encryoted system, -- to the
subscriber it is, functionally just an extension cord to his (distant)
bedroom.  So it's not a selected handful of special-for-eport programs,
but all the same TV avaiable on cable in Tokyo.  The NY Times "shoot
out" between it and a system by Sony was astounded that the TV2Me
(about $5000) "upstart" delivered "television quality" pictures, even
on a 50" plasma monitor. The obstacle to any such system, would be that
it's base station server must be physically located in the locale of
interest (Japan, Australia, New York, whatever) and be fed DSL a cable
subscription and broadband, so there's a monthly cost if you don't
already have -- and NO additional costs if you do :)

Nevertheless, in the end, thre reviewer in New York was able to lay
back and enioy all the program he susbcribed to at home -- in the case
of the NY Times, the "test city" being  Moscow!  Apparently a cache of
Russians are in New York wathing their hometown TV, and Americans in
Moscow wathing the Jets via NY Time-Warner  :)