More serious than a predecessor (Pacific Bell) was vis a vis wireless cable and hfc in the mid '1990's. Many billions were put into those holes. John Willkie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kon Wilms" <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: SBC Joins the Convergence Crowd > > Monday's announcement -- which follows SBC's November announcement > > that it will be spending billions to build a fiber-optic network for > > delivering TV signals to households > > How serious do they have to get? > > I agree on the STB though.. seems kinda half-assed to me, in the > ever-failing 'you don't need a real tv, you can use the internet > instead' realm. > > Cheers > Kon > > > This stuff is just all doomed to fail. Until SBC, and all the other > > telcos for that matter, get serious about delivering video into the > > household, these half steps are just going to not do the trick. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.