On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Joe: > But it would have helped them to THINK about the impact such a move > would have on ALL their customers. I don't care how cheap modern TVs > get (and Mother J today was seeing one for under $150 at one of the > drug chains!), there are still going to be people with perfectly- > working equipment who ain't gonna part with it just 'cause a cabler > tells them to. > > RCN doesn't have a heritage to contend with. They just inherited a > handful of systems from others, then built some more of their own. > Service Electric, OTOH, is one of the earliest cable providers, and is > choosing to respect their heritage while keeping up with technological > advancements. Unless something happens that we haven't talked about > here, they're able to do the amount of thinking that's going to be > needed here, and act accordingly. > > And, David, RCN wanted to be able to pull the trigger on this before > the broadcast stations switched. > > > > -- > BOB > Honestly, you don't know the thought process that went behind RCN's decision. Maybe they did think about legacy equipment. Isn't that why they're giving out adapters? I don't think a small percentage of people who refuse to use a box is enough reason to delay expansion that will benefit far more. I'd wager that when Service Electric is forced to compete with FiOS which doesn't have to contend with legacy analog channels chewing up bandwidth they will do what RCN is doing sooner rather than later. > > > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
