Comments on: AT&T Boosts Speeds, But it’s a Small U-Verse http://gigaom.com/2008/01/23/att-boosts-speeds-but-its-a-small-u-verse/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:17:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mike B http://gigaom.com/2008/01/23/att-boosts-speeds-but-its-a-small-u-verse/#comment-858079 Mike B Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:20:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/23/att-boosts-speeds-but-its-a-small-u-verse/#comment-858079 <p>I wouldn't say cable cos are eating telcos' lunch with triple play. Telcos will have a leg up with 'quad play', care of wireless service (where AT&T is kicking butt thanks to iphone - http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917892&subSection=News.</p> <p>And IPTV will have the long run advantage over cable because of the content capacity benefits of switched video architecture (licensing and aggregating content to fill all this space will be a different story). See Ralph de la Vega's address at NewTeeVee Live:</p> <p>http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2007/11/14/newteevee-live-keynote-atts-ralph-de-la-vega/</p> I wouldn’t say cable cos are eating telcos’ lunch with triple play. Telcos will have a leg up with ‘quad play’, care of wireless service (where AT&T is kicking butt thanks to iphone – http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917892&subSection=News.

And IPTV will have the long run advantage over cable because of the content capacity benefits of switched video architecture (licensing and aggregating content to fill all this space will be a different story). See Ralph de la Vega’s address at NewTeeVee Live:

http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2007/11/14/newteevee-live-keynote-atts-ralph-de-la-vega/

]]> By: GeraldZ http://gigaom.com/2008/01/23/att-boosts-speeds-but-its-a-small-u-verse/#comment-857883 GeraldZ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:01:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/23/att-boosts-speeds-but-its-a-small-u-verse/#comment-857883 <p>Great news on the speed, but how much does it cost?</p> <p>I recently had to choose between Bellsouth (AT&T) and Comcast for a double-play (telephone and internet). Went with Comcast because of the superior speeds. Bellsouth had a confusing menu of various speed tiers, most of which sucked compared to cable.</p> <p>We don't have a tv. The internet is more entertaining!</p> <p>www.RSSLiveTV.com</p> Great news on the speed, but how much does it cost?

I recently had to choose between Bellsouth (AT&T) and Comcast for a double-play (telephone and internet). Went with Comcast because of the superior speeds. Bellsouth had a confusing menu of various speed tiers, most of which sucked compared to cable.

We don’t have a tv. The internet is more entertaining!

http://www.RSSLiveTV.com

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