 Gygax
join:2007-12-04
Pacifica, CA
4 edits | reply to BosstonesOwn
Re: Impact on recent 30% Ownership Cable Cap! NEBS is a broad set of industry standards not regulations. NEBS standards are written by the telcom companies. One of Cable's industry standards is DOCSIS which covers standards like quality of service, traffic requirements, equipment, protocols, etc.
FCC Teleco Regulations cover copper - landline - which also support dial-up and DSL as they share the copper and some fiber applications. AT&T's U-verse fiber/optic hybrid is not coverd under under FCC telco regulations. Verizon's FIOS is not covered under the FCC telco regulations. The HSI telcos are rapidly moving to are considered an information service just like Cable.
This will be an interesting battle. Cable definitely changed the game for telcos by offering VoIP. Now telcos are fighting back by offering TV. 2008 will see cable rolling out DOCSIS III which will match FIOS at least in the first couple of generations and be available to more communities. But the capacity of FIOS is higher when fully ramped up. Then cable will have to roll out their next generation service.
One question is what happens to cable/telco TV programming when the broadband they deliver to customers has the capacity to deliver iptv & later HD iptv from any cable/tv broadcast source in the world - how many production companies would like to cut out the middleman cable/broadcast/telco?
No question cable must innovate and provide a new killer ap or service. Telcos felt the writing on the wall with the introduction of VoIP - this was a huge threat to their margins and dominance. They had to enter the cable market. The telcos currently have an advantage with their mobile phone business - the quadruple play service - though cable owns a large spectrum they have not yet launched.
Who will be better at the other person's business - and when cable and telcos are all providing the quadruple play of phone, broadband, tv, and mobile... who will innovate further? Provide the best user interface and service? Align themselves with Google type ad revenues?
In short - what will this all look like in five years? |
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| Right NEBS is an industry standard , something all voice providers should stick to , the cable cos aren't.
Docsis is a cable standard, not a voice standard and video is not as important as voice especially emergency. NEBS standards have held and made land lines as solid as it is today , why should any cable co be exempt ?
If we go to nit pick , every telco can say they are immune since all calls are now at least in part routed over fiber.
No one at this point is willing to cut out the middle man , maybe if there is ever universal broadband coverage , but
I don't see that happening any time soon , especially as we slide ass backwards into this recession. They will need a middle man for quite some time to come.
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