SBC's set-top brings DBS, DSL together.(Convergence)(joint venture between 2Wire Inc. and SBC Communications Inc., digital subscriber line, digital broadcast system)
Multichannel News, January, 2005 by Stump, Matt
For years, the cable industry has had the ability to deploy a cable modem inside a set-top box that would allow consumers to peruse the Internet using their TV sets.
But the industry has never deployed the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification-based technology, because executives don't think many consumers would want to watch Internet content on TV.
There was also an unspoken concern that cable companies didn't want to devalue video subscriptions by pushing an Internet-based video alternative.
Last week, SBC Communications Inc. smashed through that thinking, announcing a joint venture with 2Wire Inc. to build a set-top box that houses EchoStar Communications Corp. technology for watching traditional direct-broadcast...
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