Yes, but don't tell 'em ;-) They have been in the cat-bird seat all along and have fumbled repeatedly.
When they became CLECs and started selling dial tone, they invented a whole new layer to do it rather than adopt ISDN/DS0/IP-VOIP or other pre-existing telco methods. I know telcos that bought CATV systems and actually put analog subscriber carrier phone systems on TV channels back in the late 1970s. And then they didn't pick up on long distance packages or equal access or any of the other features that telco subscribers are used to having. If I had had a HFC cable system, you can bet FTTH would have been already deployed by now. They cling to the technology that is unique to only CATV operators and for some reason have ignored the natural evolution of all things fiber. And while they delay FTTH, the RBOCs are going to sail right past them and have all physical facilities based customers if they price it right. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] cable throughput > They'd have a lot more bandwidth available for Internet and HD if they > abandoned their analog services. There are also more aggressive MPEG4 > systems out there that produce high quality images with less bandwidth > being > used by IPTV companies. > > > ---------- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:19 AM > Subject: [WISPA] cable throughput > > >> It's interesting to me that the cable companies who at present have some >> of the fastest available consumer broadband speeds are actually shooting >> themselves in the foot by giving the bandwidth to cable modems, but at >> the same time running out of space for their tv programming. >> >> Here's a decent article talking about HD and the complaints from it's >> customers. >> Notice the amount of bandwidth to deliver some HD channels. >> >> snip/ >> For example, Discovery's bit rate was 14.16 megabits per second on >> Verizon's FiOS system but only 10.43 Mbps on Comcast; A&E HD was 18.66 >> Mbps on FiOS compared with 14.48 Mbps on Comcast. The FiOS system didn't >> offer Sci Fi HD, which Fowler's testing showed at 12.59 Mbps on Comcast. >> >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_hi_te/compressed_hd;_ylt=AuEPJDRe3CN7TvgY1hhBuN0jtBAF >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
