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 RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | For where things stand today.... he's not wrong.
For the most part and particularly with the telco industry, they simply are not ready at all for what is to come with HDTV.
But, I think that because they're not, that's why he is wrong for what will happen in the future. The telco industry simply can NOT afford to let this be the way it is when HDTV becomes really widespread.
Already, they're losing their core landline business to the cable co's and other voip providers and the cell industry, plus overall, failing miserably with many of their DSL offerings versus most cable connections.
This is an absolute recipe for DISASTER for the telco's if they don't change things.
Verizon, to their credit, is doing just that. FIOS is the answer and they have to spend the billions to make it a reality if they want to compete.
Sadly, I don't really see AT&T's solution though as being a winning one with Uverse, particularly when it comes to offering hdtv plus the highest levels of HSI.
While some may get good service with it, it will be a case all over again like DSL with the haves and have nots.
Some can get 6MB elite DSL service now, while many can't.
I think that longer term, Mark Cuban is wrong. Verizon and probably other telco's will rise to the occassion.
And AT&T will have to if they want to be at all relevant in this race to the finish line.
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| Well I disagree with you totally and here is why.
Telcos landlines are not eroding as fast as people think. Their churn is high people are going back to land lines they don't show those numbers at all.
They are slowly eroding to a loss and it's not as fast as people are claiming.
Dsl is not failing. It is adding more subscribers per quarter then cable so far for past year or more. That is not failing!
The world is changing and verizon is going with it and are going to become a major player in telco soon. If Ivans plans take affect then it will be free for you to call your verizon home phone from your verizon cell. A true concept that is made to save people money.
In short Cuban is wrong. Verizons cable system is a multicast technology and it shuts down cubans whole argument.
On demand content is a huge take off market and will become very important.
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 kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | reply to Rick
said by Rick:Already, they're losing their core landline business to the cable co's and other voip providers and the cell industry, plus overall, failing miserably with many of their DSL offerings versus most cable connections. LOL, sured, that's why DSL is far the hottest selling broadband service all around the world... 
How about telling us how RR is planning to upgrade its outdated network to be able to compete in the 20-30-50Mbit competition within 2-3 years?  | |
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