I work for Telco company in New Zealand that has extensive CATV infrastructure in two of the biggest cities in the country. The company has its own ISP, and has just recently been merged with another company that also had its own ISP.
Despite this, everyone is keen on making sure as many ISPs as possible in New Zealand have access to our CATV network. The reason? If we get a cable modem in a house, chances are we can sell them cable TV and a couple of phone lines and make even more money, as well as sell the ISP lots of bandwidth on our backbone up and down the country.
Sharing access is a good thing for cable companies to do, if they can use it to sell more services and get a slice!
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I think you mean Mr Hu. They put their family names first in that part of the world.
Pirated?
Depends which countries laws you're following, and whose to say the content of the oggs aren't in the public domain?
It's Weta, an indigenous insect of New Zealand, not some crazy acronym.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta
Sony deserves every dig they get about it.
I work for Telco company in New Zealand that has extensive CATV infrastructure in two of the biggest cities in the country. The company has its own ISP, and has just recently been merged with another company that also had its own ISP.
Despite this, everyone is keen on making sure as many ISPs as possible in New Zealand have access to our CATV network. The reason? If we get a cable modem in a house, chances are we can sell them cable TV and a couple of phone lines and make even more money, as well as sell the ISP lots of bandwidth on our backbone up and down the country.
Sharing access is a good thing for cable companies to do, if they can use it to sell more services and get a slice!