Jay, While its certainly technically possible to offer linear video in a shared network model the content owners have big objections of that. There really is no way to do wholesale IPTV except for a very few organizations like the cable coop (NCTC http://www.nctconline.org/).
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brandon Ross" <[email protected]> > > > > 6) And pursuant to 3, perhaps I could even set up the IPTV service and > > > resell that to the L3 provider to bundle with their IP service, so > > > they don't have to do it themselves; while it's not a difficult as I > > > had gathered, it's still harder than them doing VoIP as part of > > > their own triple-play. > > > > So you are going to prohibit the operator of the fiber plant from > > running layer 3 services, but then turn around and let them offer IPTV? > That > > seems quite inconsistent to me. And just because it's "hard"? > > No; I wouldn't offer it retail; I'd offer it to all provider-comers > wholesale, at cost plus, just like everything else. > > > Running a decent layer 3 service is "hard" too. Isn't the whole point to > > let these service providers compete with each other on the quality and > > cost of their services? > > You could say the same thing about the uplink, though; I note you didn't > throw a flag at that, or at Akamai; is the IPTV issue different to you? > > Fair point. > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > [email protected] > Designer The Things I Think RFC > 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land > Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 > 1274 > > -- Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms --------------------------------
