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 ARGONAUTgot ping?Premium
join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN | wow After seeing comments it makes me glad I have cable net with InsightBB.  | |
patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by ARGONAUT:After seeing comments it makes me glad I have cable net with InsightBB. Shows how DSL basically doesn't exist in the USA except as a budget service for people who think cable is too expensive.
Its funny, outside of North America, Cable HFC or plain 1 way analog Cable is almost non-existent. Cable TV is purely an American invention. In europe is OTA, or if your rich, satellite, same thing with 3rd world. The only wireline TV you can get is IPTV over ADSL from your incumbant telco, or from CLECs operating IPTV over copper ADSL, or recently FTTH was installed in your city (IPTV again). | |
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join:2004-03-18
UK
1 edit | said by patcat88:Shows how DSL basically doesn't exist in the USA except as a budget service for people who think cable is too expensive. Its funny, outside of North America, Cable HFC or plain 1 way analog Cable is almost non-existent. Cable TV is purely an American invention. In europe is OTA, or if your rich, satellite, same thing with 3rd world. The only wireline TV you can get is IPTV over ADSL from your incumbant telco, or from CLECs operating IPTV over copper ADSL, or recently FTTH was installed in your city (IPTV again). Not sure if my cableco would agree with that being that they pass about 50% of the UK's homes. The analogue bit I'll agree on though, think you guys are pretty rare in upgrading HFC networks to higher frequencies to make room rather than just dropping analogue MATV signals.
Someone like Liberty Global's UPC might have questions too! »www.lgi.com/
You guys are certainly the daddy for cable TV though and you're dead right it's by far more ubiquitous in the US than anywhere else in the world except maybe Japan.
Don't need to be super rich to have satellite by the way, some quite decent relatively inexpensive deals are available | | |
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