protect their TV revenues from the threat Internet video poses
Yes. Karl your statement is correct. But you don't take the next logical step. If TV revenues dry up, then the cost of data access will skyrocket. And THAT is what the Access providers are planning for. How to bill for access when the biggest revenue source drys up and the data load increases geometrically as the system morphs from a broadcast model to a unicast model. -- My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page
I am not buying it. ATT only relatively recently entered (large scale) in the "cable" business, so while they may want to protect that revenue I am not buying it is necessary in order to survive. If it applies to ATT then it is applicable to all the other ISPs as well(how many major ISPs do not provide phone service too?).
