[opendtv] Re: FCC Proposes Defining 'Linear' OVDs as MVPDs | Multichannel
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 08:28:06 -0400
On Oct 1, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Actually, the opposite is probably more the case. Verizon FiOS is too
> expensive precisely because they didn't reuse the voice grade twisted pair to
> homes, in higher grade variants of ADSL/VDSL, but instead went straight from
> ADSL version 1 to FTTH. We discussed this already. The media buzz created by
> this jump straight to FTTH did nothing to contain the big investment cost.
> There are also versions of xDSL that can offer well over 50 Mb/s, Craig, and
> the technology is still being developed.
Verizon may well have jumped the gun with FTTH, but DSL and all its variants
are not keeping pace with cable. The best AT&T can offer here in Gainesville is
6-8 Mbps, while Vox Cable is now offering 50 Mbps. I just ran a test: 49.15
down/7.45 Mbps up.
Meanwhile, LTE keeps getting faster - 3.91 down this morning.
> Cable is more GRADUALLY approaching homes with the fiber part of their
> infrastructure, as the coax portion becomes shorter and shorter over time.
> Verizon jumped the gun, when it could have used the same gradual approach
> instead. The gamble did not pay off. It's that simple.
The coax is not getting much shorter. Just more nodes now to handle the load.
For the telcos, the only way to get the high speeds you are suggesting is to
get VERY close with fiber. I'm quite close to the CO, and the best they can
offer is 6 Mbps.
> Everyone gets this, Craig. It's not important, though. More effective use of
> Internet as a TV medium becomes a reality, and has been becoming a reality,
> when the content owners want it.
It's EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to the congloms, as there is no question now that they
will be able to protect the bundle and offer better access to their content for
subscribers. The NFL Sunday Ticket deal is a perfect example - it gives
DirecTV the exclusive content they need to attract subscribers, and will allow
AT&T and DirecTV to exploit the Internet to keep pace with competitors.
>> But you keep believing that the content owners will move beyond
>> the walled gardens, when in reality they are moving the walled
>> gardens to the Internet.
>
> This is just your habitual stubbornness, even in the face of evidence to the
> contrary, multiple opinion pieces to the contrary, all go unnoticed,
> unacknowledged, denied they even exist. As I've said before, years after the
> transition to Internet TV is well underway, you will still be insisting it's
> not happening.
This is just reality Bert.
Regards
Craig
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