Telco and cable are now one and the same, imo. My cable provider (Suddenlink) provides my local and long distance phone service. $30/month, unlimited local and long distance.
Y’all may want in on this one.
http://blogs.forbes.com/erikkain/2011/06/23/why-are-d-c-police-arresting-journalists-at-a-public-meeting/
Why Are D.C. Police Arresting Journalists at a Public Meeting?
http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/news_blog/20110621_journalism_inextricably_linked_to_new_forms_of_digital_community/
Journalism inextricably linked to new forms of digital community - Neiman Reports
http://losaltos.patch.com/articles/for-student-journalists-no-burden-guarding-vargas-secret
For Student Journalists, No Burden Guarding Vargas’ Secret
For six weeks, 35 teenagers protected Jose Antonio Vargas after he revealed to them his undocumented status.
I understand the cable provider part. It is the telco part that I am behind on, especially the fiber to home part.
I was aware of DSL and wireless provided by local telcos and ATT but not the ability to provide tv over copper. Another poster said in the cities it is fiber optic.
My son the geek gave me an old computer set up for internet TV and it is pretty amazing in what it will do. I have not fooled with it enough to learn all the capabilities. It runs off the cable internet
I ported my landline to an ATT Iphone and thus have some duplication with the cable provided services. What I want I think is a deal linking the I phones and the data capability to the LAN via wireless. That will allow eliminating the Charter cable connection.
The wireless internet is present but lacks the capability to take on all comers so is too expensive. There is no fiber to home capability yet. I could be wrong but there might be fiber but the last 100 feet is coax. I don’t know what the neighborhood cable wire is, copper or fiber.
I’m left wondering, what will become of the Charter infrastructure? Will ATT or Verizon gobble it up or will it become obsolete altogether?