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NBC Aims For Stability Through Redundancy In Athens

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-feeds-please dept.

Darren writes "With the Athens Olympics just 27 days away NBC is gearing up for a massive 1210 hours of coverage (that's enough to watch TV over 50 days of Olympics 24/7). The infrastructure needed to provide such coverage is huge, and the potential for problems is significant. As a result NBC are taking all precautions possible and over the 17 days of competition they will utilize three satellite network linkups and three land-based connections to ensure they always have a connection. The mind boggles at what it is all going to cost - but I'm sure their advertising revenue will make it worth their while."

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  1. Never before... by Jrod5000+at+RPI · · Score: -1, Redundant

    has this ever been more applicable!

    1. build a beowulf networking monster
    2. ???
    3. profit!!1

    incidentally,
    in soviet russia, olympics broadcast j00!

  2. aaaahhh, redundancy.. by peculiarmethod · · Score: 0, Redundant

    redundancy; something slashdot knows a LOT about. They should come to us to get the low down on how to report each event multiple times as if it were the firs.. wha? Equipment? Oh.. nebermind.. *mumbles walking away*

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  3. Thats nothing... by sk6307 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Slashdot has more redundancy than that any day of the week.

  4. In the spirit! by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In the spirit of NBC's 'get the news out through redundancy' campaign, Slashdot will dupe every article they post about the Olympics!

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    "Derp de derp."