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88615298 (banned)
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West Tenness

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Re: Karl nails it

said by jslik:

"TV rates have continued to rise with the entry of the baby bells into the market...The promise of lower TV prices is simply used as a PR carrot on a stick (see Bell franchise reform) in order to get baby bell-lobbied laws passed -- with Kevin Martin's help."
Show me the % if US households that have both cable and telco offerings when it comes to TV. Not very high. Not in my area.

Does TV really matter. In 10 years most TV channels will show all their shows online. Speeds should be fast enough by them to even offer them HD. If not 10 then definately in 20 so WTF does it matter what the FCC does?

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Re: Karl nails it

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If not 10 then definately in 20 so WTF does it matter what the FCC does?
It's all about how the government will/won't regulate the medium. Regulate, deregulate, whatever, but can we at least talk about reality, not these "PR carrots" (as Karl said)? That's my point.
lordofwhee
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Last I checked, even 10 Mb/S down is good enough for HD.

Hell, I do it on a 2.8 Mb/S connection...
88615298 (banned)
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Re: Karl nails it

said by lordofwhee:

Last I checked, even 10 Mb/S down is good enough for HD.
Sure, but even on a 10 Mbps coonection how often are you actually going to get 10 Mbps? Also if you have 2 or more computers in the household all using the connection you certainly aren't getting 10 Mbps. An djust because right now Hcarter in y are can offer 10 Mbps connection doesn't mean a big % are willing to shell out $70 a month for it.

Now if in 10 years 10 Mbps is the "lite" tier and it's $40 a month then you have something
Hell, I do it on a 2.8 Mb/S connection...
Sure, but it won't look so hot on a 60 inch widescreen HDTV.