February 04, 2006
IPTV creates fear for cable companies
Cable television providers are wondering whether their future revenue would suffer as a result of rise of IPTV. The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers’ Emerging Technologies conference in Tampa, Florida discussed about IPTV and how it could threaten cable television. Although customers are willing to try IPTV but it has certain drawbacks like it struggles to deliver 20 Megabits per second over their fastest ADSL2 lines. It is also seen that a single high resolution uses 12 to 15 Mbps by itself and limits the potential for multiple video streams on current technology. But firms like Verizon are optimistic that they have the required bandwidth to service their customers’ current and future demands.
via [ArsTechnica]
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