Is your cable company of the present your IPTV provider of the future?
by Richard Lawler 
posted Apr 7th 2009 at 11:39PM
It didn't make waves at the Cable Show, but the New York Times reports further off than the CableCARD and streaming solutions of the present, cable's future could be in delivering Internet video directly to your PC or other devices. Delivering IPTV would be far more efficient than current video delivery systems, and could offer higher quality than current Internet streaming services. Of course, the glacial speed of current technology rollouts doesn't engender confidence we'll see any of these advances very soon.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chad @ Apr 8th 2009 10:50AM
My Current cable provider IS my future IPTV provider (U-Verse)
kevin @ Apr 8th 2009 11:14AM
Awesome, and with Time Warner charging $1 per gigabyte after you blow through your paltry 40gb/month cap on RoadRunner, watching TV on the internet will never have been more affordable!
*cough*
matt @ Apr 10th 2009 4:50AM
IPTV isn't streamed over a metered Internet connection. It's a private network, cap-free, just like cable.
K. Restoule @ Apr 8th 2009 11:27AM
I have IPTV through Telus up here in Canada. I'm happy with the video quality, but the occasional audio dropouts do get annoying.
Maybe it's a good idea for them to take their time with this technology, to be sure they get it right.
J.Goodwin @ Apr 8th 2009 8:47PM
Not if I have any control over it, I'm going to ditch Comcast and get Verizon back as soon as Verizon arrives at my new address.