said by 46436203:If U-verse was a fiber-to-the-home product like FiOS is, I would pick AT&T and their IPTV system over Verizon and their QAM system any day.
But it's not, and never ever will be.
I'd like IPTV too, but you're being unreasonable to expect VZ to just toss everything they have in their RF plant across all VHO's and replace it with a full IPTV solution today.
Look, I want it too. I am just pragmatic and understand that it is going to take time for them to phase it in.
I think VZ wants it badly too - alleviates their RF congestion, and potentially offers a lot of revenue streams in intelligent TV marketing. I think there has to be a ton of potential profit in there actually... Another example might be program subscriptions instead of channel subscriptions. Maybe someone won't pay $15/month for HBO, but would pay $5/month for Game of Thrones?
I assume these are things VZ has to be thinking about, and IPTV is probably a much better solution for a wide range of product offerings.
I think a better complaint here isn't that it isn't IPTV today, but that VZ hasn't given any hints on how they plan to transition. Are they making any progress, etc... When the first test market will be in place, etc...