The Packet Wars Are Over
Only isolated battles remain but fiber to the home (FTTH) is the winner. Verizon now offers 20/20 Mbps in some markets for $65/month. AT&T has previewed their IPTV technology and it will offer features I have proposed to the cable company I work for but will never be implemented.
AT&T Provides Glimpse into U-verse ‘Art of the Possible’
AT&T hows Off IPTV Tricks
Cable is busy battling telephone companies for land lines (the telcos are barely trying to hold onto these Luddite customers) to inflate subscriber numbers and holding out for switched video and DOCSIS 3.0. But even with DOCSIS 3.0 cable will only be able to offer to one neighborhood node what Verizon's FIOS will offer an individual subscriber. And satellite television is on its way to 100 HD channels.
The United States and Canada are the last strongholds for cable companies but the end is nigh for them. From Comcast (Comcast's 3Q Profit Drops 54%) to Charter (CHTR Moves Toward Chapter 11), they will all lose. Verizon, DirecTV, Apple, and Google are the winners.
AT&T Provides Glimpse into U-verse ‘Art of the Possible’
AT&T hows Off IPTV Tricks
Cable is busy battling telephone companies for land lines (the telcos are barely trying to hold onto these Luddite customers) to inflate subscriber numbers and holding out for switched video and DOCSIS 3.0. But even with DOCSIS 3.0 cable will only be able to offer to one neighborhood node what Verizon's FIOS will offer an individual subscriber. And satellite television is on its way to 100 HD channels.
The United States and Canada are the last strongholds for cable companies but the end is nigh for them. From Comcast (Comcast's 3Q Profit Drops 54%) to Charter (CHTR Moves Toward Chapter 11), they will all lose. Verizon, DirecTV, Apple, and Google are the winners.
posted by Andy at 3:57 PM
