Mark Cuban on the tiered Internet

Vikingod · Feb 9, 2006, 02:02 PM

If you're a basketball fan, you may know Mark Cuban as the outspoken, and sometimes controversial, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. For Internet historians, he's one of the founders of Broadcast.com (neé AudioNet), and Cuban's fortune was secured when Yahoo! took that business off of his hands for a cool US$5.7 billion. Those newer to the scene might know him as a cofounder of 2929 Productions, the movie production and distribution outfit behind Steven Soderbergh's Bubble.

After reporting last month on Mark Cuban's thoughts on a tiered Internet, we had a chance to ask him a few follow-up questions. Read on to find out more about his ideas on the tiered network model, bandwidth issues, and what 2929 Productions can do for you.
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Feb 9, 2006, 02:02 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Mark Cuban on the tiered Internet If you're a basketball fan, you may know Mark Cuban as the outspoken, and sometimes controversial, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. For Internet historians, he's one of the founders of Broadcast.com (neé AudioNet), and Cuban's fortune was secured when Yahoo! took that business off of his hands for a cool US$5.7 billion. Those newer to the scene might know him as a cofounder of 2929 Productions, the movie production and distribution outfit behind Steven Soderbergh's Bubble. After reporting last month on Mark Cuban's thoughts on a tiered Internet, we had a chance to ask him a few follow-up questions. Read on to find out more about his ideas on the tiered network model, bandwidth issues, and what 2929 Productions can do for you. __________ Read More / Source: ars technica