Doctor Olds
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Re: And yet they still can't offer Xtreme via IFIT
said by NetTech2  :Before any of you 'nah-sayers' get to far down the road, letting your arse overload your mouth, re-read the release: Only time will tell whose arse is talking.  I've got dibs on Bellsouth's non-future. You got Bellsouth TV to live with. LOL
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bogey780
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Because the platform can not support it. You'd have to literally replace the guts of the system almost as if there was no service there. Plus you'd have no service through it for several days if lucky. |
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NetTech2
join:2004-04-14
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Before any of you 'nah-sayers' get to far down the road, letting your arse overload your mouth, re-read the release:
(hint: re-read the second para about FTTC and copper pair bonding.)
"BellSouth today announced a technical trial of Microsoft® TV Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Edition software platform, tapping the advancing capabilities of the company’s next generation broadband network. BellSouth’s fiber-rich broadband network will increasingly serve as the primary platform used to deliver cutting-edge voice, video and data services to customers.
By leveraging new DSL technologies, including ADSL2+ and copper pair bonding, and BellSouth's five million miles of fiber cabling, BellSouth intends to trial a feature-rich video offer during the first half of 2005. BellSouth will also continue to expand its fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) network, which currently passes one million homes, to an additional 180,000 customers in 2005. BellSouth is currently completing testing of IPTV hardware and software within its labs and will later expand its trial to set-top boxes within customers homes selected for the trial. BellSouth will then evaluate further deployment based upon results of the trial.
"IPTV will potentially forever alter the way we consume video content much like personal video recorders have done, said Bill Smith, chief technology officer of BellSouth. IPTV places customers in the drivers seat and gives them complete control of their entertainment experience regardless of the media format or on which device within their home they wish to use. We're bringing together the benefits of broadband, the rapid adoption of home networking technology and the magic of software to give customers content where, when and how they want it. "
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Now, all things being equal, it takes time and money to deploy this type of infrastructure. But, some of BellSouth customers are just too impatient to understand this. Take a look at SBC..their plan to deploy fiber everywhere isn't going to happen overnight, nor within the next year! It will be a 'long-term' deployment process, just like anything else that involves major network re-configuration! |
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Doctor Olds
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That's because the port that feeds your IFITL pedestal is set at 10Mbps and it would kill off all but two (2) customers for each pedestal where they cram twenty (20) DSL/DSL-lite customers now.  Bellsouth doesn't plan for growth.
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Queasy
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Lawrenceville, GA | And yet they still can't offer Xtreme via IFITL
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