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NBC Aims For Stability Through Redundancy In Athens
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."
If you're going to be there, I wouldn't sit near the Saudi javelin throwing team.
There's no news like bad news, and nothing can replace the ego of an American who can say he/she "saw it as it happened". ...especially when we "see it happen" on European soil. I know I for one, can't wait to get to say "I told you so" and "It was no doubt a result of European's foriegn policy during the cold war." At last, it's not to be, everyone knows terrorists have Europeans in their back pocket. ;)
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