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TV Over Phone Lines To Arrive In 2005

Posted by timothy on from the to-speak-with-a-representative dept.

prostoalex writes "Associated Press says that telecoms have always considered expanding into digital television since the broadband infrastructure is already in place. But now they are putting billions of dollars into actually building such systems. "If everything goes as planned, the telephone industry will be all about television in 2005. TV over your home phone line. TV on your cell phone. Few topics have been as popular this past year among phone companies and their technology partners.""

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  1. Big deal by ThisNukes4u · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Big deal. I'm still waiting for fiber to the home. I could care less about television.

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    1. Re:Big deal by DMouse · · Score: 3, Insightful

      For TV to be a killer app would require one thing. TV worth watching.

  2. 500... by slapout · · Score: 5, Insightful

    500 ways to get TV and still nothing to watch.

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  3. Already have it in France by nekosej · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In France, TV over DSL (or ADSL as it is known it France, where it was invented) has existed for almost a year now, and there are several competing offers. My DSL provider also provides a second VOIP telephone along with TV and very fast DSL service.

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  4. Too little, Too late. by jgaynor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is it just me or is this a case of too little, too late?

    My cable provider offers video/data/voice already and at 'decent' prices (barring additional 6% yearly increases). They already specialize in television, their data is currently faster than DSL and the voice is (so far) reliable and indistinguishable from traditional telco.

    Still, offering all three can't hurt and hopefully the competition will drive down the costs of both providers . . .

  5. Re:A little out of place? by Osty · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No kidding, I'm less than 45 minutes from the city limits of a fairly large city (St. Louis), and approx 5 miles (8km) from a state highway that runs nearly straight into the city.

    45 minutes away from the city limits (as opposed to city center) is quite a distance. For comparison, that would put you almost halfway between St. Louis, MO, and Springfield, IL, on I-55. That's at slightly above-legal highway speeds, of course, and since you said "city limits" I'm not factoring much in the way of traffic, so you can get a pretty fair distance away. Now, if you said you were 45 minutes from downtown St. Louis, I would be more sympathetic. It's not like you're "right outside" the city. You're way out of it.