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On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:18:37PM +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > Just seen this: > > http://www.bp.com/liveROVFeed > > BP are providing a live video feed from their ROVs a mile underwater > in the middle of the gulf - that page shows all cameras at the same > time, you can click on individuals. > > Just viewing that page needs about 1- 1.5Mb/sec of streaming feed - > so they must be uploading that via satellite, then into the Akamai > CDN then to the punters at the end of the interwebs... > > It makes the effort of the live feed from the Skylla seem feeble by > comparison... (did that ever work?) Question: Did the cost 1) come out of the $20bn compensation fund that BP have guaranteed 2) come out of $2bn (I think that was the latest figure or is $3bn) damages 3) Was it part of the running costs: I remember that BP tried to cut it off and were told that they had to keep the feed running Total Buncefield fines were £5.6m. -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Fri Jul 16 12:26:34 BST 2010
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