Tunneled vision for great apps

Influxis' TV Station application is one i have taken my time to think about as well as its potential. I often focus on the opportunities this application offers if it was deployed over a Local Area Network. The speed of gigabit switches as well as the elimination of CDN and other bandwidth costs. I think the Influxis team has ignored this part; schools or colleges, hotels, etc. Not everyone can afford the current high bandwidth costs and not everyone is interested in a global TV Station. If i run a college in the developing world lets say where internet connectivity is a lag but we have a fast campus network, we can easily run a campus TV Station where students can access over the wireless link or from any terminal on campus.

In that sense, selling the application will be another revenue stream to Influxis. They are getting locked in the service provision and lots of alternatives are being developed everyday. I hope they give this a serious consideration. I am not an application developer but i would have taken this route if i was. Especially when everyone is racing into the cloud and leaving the speed and potential of LAN connections behind.