fiberguy
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| Re: Just a matter of time.. When it comes to IPTV, there are various reason as to who and why they want it.
Telephone NEEDS it over copper because that's the only way they can deliver a video feed... data.
Cable WANTS it becuase it's the way of getting more capacity virtually over night for content. Cable, having a limited number of useable frequency could turn their pipeline from a limited resource to an unlimited resource. (Telco can too) But instead of saying "we can only deliver 250 channels" it's now endless channels.
(By the way, once you mention MSO, you are no longer talking about cable, so it's best to simply say cable... telephones are also becoming "mso's" as well. MSO originally was knows for Multi SYSTEM operator and now is also used to deonote a Multi SERVICE operator)
1) The problem is the internet becoming the delivery pipe for television content is that EVERYONE is going to want to put their video content down the same line. It will soon become a sea of everyone and their mothers wanting to be a "cable company"... it's not going to work at-all the way our internet is today. Again, it's an argument AGAINST net nutrality, once in which I agree. (the only one actually)
2) "One of the top MSO's" (cable operators) is Time Warner. It's still in a test phase and not their standard, yet. But like I said before. The reason telco is being given more of the press on IPTV is because it's all they have. Cable has been talking about it, as far as I can remember, back in 1998.. again, it's comcast and it's as far as "*I*" first heard of it.
3) "Content providers will be using packet based networks to exchange content between super headends " it's already happening.. it's called OnDemand.. and those networks are usually leased private lines such as the way Comcast is leasing dark lines from Level 3.
You are largly correct in what you are saying. Many people, however, are loosing sight of the history of things because stuff is changing so quickly that they forget certain events in the past. (Such as associating IPTV as a telephone technology) |
