Broadband price wars

RawAlex · 09-03-2008

Toby, actually it's pretty funny. Bell Canada has been toying with IP-TV since abuot 2003, and so far it hasn't been a really great product.
http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Voice...23846d640.html

The intention is there, but it is a fairly hard sale because they aren't able to offer enough bandwidth to most people at this point. You need somewhere between 10 to 20mbps consistent to make regular HD work properly (that would be say 2 channels worth, one you are watching, and the one you are PVRing or watching in the other room). Most people are still pretty lucky to get a 10 mbps connection, and then luckier to even get to use 10% of it most of the time.

You need a FIOS style solution for the user end, and you need massive, massive amounts of upstream bandwidth to get the content to the end users neighborhood to start with. With Bell being sold recently, there is some hope they will green light the project, but it will take years (many, many years) before they have a hope of competing properly.

Hell Puppy · 09-04-2008

They are struggling to keep DSL relevant.

It's slow and in most cases require you have a phone line. The latter is more and more of an issue. My DSL backup line is the ONLY reason I still have a landline. If anyone actually expects to talk to me, they best have my cellphone number. For anything else I might do, I'll do VoIP.

09-03-2008	#1
RawAlex Members $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,036	Re: Broadband price wars Toby, actually it's pretty funny. Bell Canada has been toying with IP-TV since abuot 2003, and so far it hasn't been a really great product. http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Voice...23846d640.html The intention is there, but it is a fairly hard sale because they aren't able to offer enough bandwidth to most people at this point. You need somewhere between 10 to 20mbps consistent to make regular HD work properly (that would be say 2 channels worth, one you are watching, and the one you are PVRing or watching in the other room). Most people are still pretty lucky to get a 10 mbps connection, and then luckier to even get to use 10% of it most of the time. You need a FIOS style solution for the user end, and you need massive, massive amounts of upstream bandwidth to get the content to the end users neighborhood to start with. With Bell being sold recently, there is some hope they will green light the project, but it will take years (many, many years) before they have a hope of competing properly. __________________ Let's go to the edge of disaster Push the pedal and go a little faster Let's slam into a wall at ramming speed Let's go to the edge of a mountain Jump off and lets start countin' Hit the ground and tell me if it bleeds

09-04-2008	#2
Hell Puppy Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,523	Re: Broadband price wars They are struggling to keep DSL relevant. It's slow and in most cases require you have a phone line. The latter is more and more of an issue. My DSL backup line is the ONLY reason I still have a landline. If anyone actually expects to talk to me, they best have my cellphone number. For anything else I might do, I'll do VoIP.

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