organ_shifter Posted December 10, 2004 CID Share Posted December 10, 2004 excerpt from "The End of TV as We Know It" But the cable industry is as intent on keeping Redmond out of IPTV as it was on fighting the company's earlier efforts to get inside the set-top. That's no surprise. Cable networks pass 95 percent of US households and - once the conversion to digital is complete - could feed each of them more than 5 Gbits per second. That's like having 100 T3 lines. The Bells won't be able to match that without taking on a mountain of debt, and satellite operators can't do it no matter what they try. Which means that Comcast and its ilk could be as dominant in this century as the Bell system was in the last. What do you guys think of this? I think that it's a great thing for cable subscribers to look forward to. The bandwidth will be crazy. EDIT (9:00p.m.): Here is the link to the full article. I forgot to post it earlier. Sorry. IPTV Article I'm interested in opinions of others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 the craziness ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 i somehow doubt anyone will get thoes types of speeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 Well like the article said thats another 5 years away, so anything is possible D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 Thats all I have been waiting for.....lol......now if they would just hurry, it seems like they just give out a little of the benefits of technology at a time to make us want more:( Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hahn Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 It's still many years down the road before it will get to anybody, but at least now there's a glimmer at the end of the tunnel. We also know the general length of the tunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 I hope you all have very , very deeeeeeep pockets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hahn Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 You want to come feel how deep mine is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 WE already discussed this.. on tuesdays and thursdays , only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hahn Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 Aww, come now. Don't be greedy. It's the time of giving. (and recieving ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 that actualy made me "lol" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hahn Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 Just trying to spread the holiday cheer. Oh no he di-int. (I would've posted it directly, but you might have missed some of it by the time you got down here. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 Just trying to spread the holiday cheer. Oh no he di-int. (I would've posted it directly, but you might have missed some of it by the time you got down here. ) LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted December 11, 2004 Author CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 I hope you all have very ' date=' very deeeeeeep pockets [/quote'] If, pretty soon, Verizon will be pushing an Up to 15 Mbps/2 Mbps (Link Here) package for $49.95 monthly, how much more could the cable packages be? I am fully prepared to switch to any home phone service they offer in order to aquire them as my new ISP. That is, of course, in the event that cable is charging too much for their new fiber packages.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hahn Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 I don't have the lines for it in my area. I sure can't wait until, if ever, I do though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 Do u guys think cable companies will offer fiber, or do u think only the telephone companies will. Maybe cable might come out with some other technology better than fiber, who knows wink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hahn Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 I think fiber is about as fast as it gets. You can't get much faster than light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted December 11, 2004 CID Share Posted December 11, 2004 True very true D D , its just that with technology these days, anything can happen lol.But that said its true nothing is faster than light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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