It's hard for me to imagine that the novelty of a 45 (or more) MB/sec stream would soon wear off. It was clearly noticeable to me when my calbe company went from 1.2 MB/sec to 1.8. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Manfredi, Albert E Enviado el: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:32 AM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: News: TV Service Stalls for Verizon, but Increase in Wireless Customers Keeps Earnings Strong http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/business/29verizon.html?th&emc=th TV Service Stalls for Verizon, but Increase in Wireless Customers Keeps Earnings Strong By LAURA M. HOLSON Published: July 29, 2008 [ ... ] "That FiOS is already seeing a sequential deceleration is a startling development," a communications analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, Craig Moffett, wrote in a research report. [ ... ] ------------------------------------- Once the novelty wears off, I'm not sure why this should be such a surprise. The service is not much different, either in price or in what it offers, from cable. And the market for MVPDs has been saturated already for years. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.