If we want to truly change the course of broadband in this country, the solution is simple. Just as we had an analog shutdown date for over the air TV signals, we need the same resolution for analog delivered cable networks. The Public Switched Telephone Network should also be phased out rapidly and replaced with a digital standard. That would be a bigger game-changer than digital cable.
1 posted on
04/18/2008 5:03:35 PM PDT by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
2 posted on
04/18/2008 5:12:17 PM PDT by
2ndDivisionVet
(McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
To: HAL9000
Transition basic cable networks from analog to digital over the next 3 years and all of the sudden there will be hundreds of megabits available on the smallest cable systems and more than a gigabit of bandwidth available on the largest. But not until those that own the bandwidth find a way to create new revenue streams for the increased capacity.
Why would they do it before then? What is the motivation? Altruism? Hardly.
6 posted on
04/18/2008 5:52:27 PM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The secret of Life is letting go. The secret of Love is letting it show.)
To: HAL9000
Isn’t Mark Cuban in the cable business?
Just saying...
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