TCI ponders networking options; spells out fiber upgrade plans. (Tele-Communications Inc.)

Multichannel News, February, 1997 by Ellis, Leslie

Tele-Communications Inc. will take a measured approach to current and future network construction, aiming to keep costs down and to economically justify each tweak. Meanwhile, the MSO - despite sweeping budget cuts late last year that capped capital spending and eliminated employees - is steamrolling along a plan with Microsoft Corp.

to hammer out a digital set-top box that supports Internet TV. "It may seem as though we're slogging along without a clue, but in reality there's some very impressive and encouraging strategic work going on in here," said one TCI executive, who asked to speak on background. Vendors worried last week that TCI will excise fiber from its plans, opting instead for an all-coaxial 550 MHz topology configured in a tree-and-branch...

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