Telcos Mix Copper, Fiber in IPTV Diet.(internet protocol television)
Multichannel News, March, 2006 by Brown, Karen
By Karen Brown Ops Leverage Existing Plant, Seek Bandwidth Band-Aids Experts say that telephone companies will be using a mix of fiber and copper network assets to field television to their customers -- and for both options Internet protocol will play an increasing role. When the regional Bell operators and other independent telephone companies "start moving into greenfield housing developments, they are doing fiber there," said Michael Arden, principal analyst for ABI Research.
"But I think everyone is still hesitant to go back in and rip out anything that is already there and is working well enough, and replace it with fiber." Roseville, Calif.-based SureWest Communications, for instance, offers digital TV, digital subscriber line and...
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