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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
All this talk of iptv etc. tho you will find sattelite coverage is pretty good, whilst their broadband goes over a copper local loop which is only decent on 25% of phone lines the rest noisy and long. I would say they probably fine using sattelite for tv and the reasoning for entering the broadband market was nothing to do with iptv but rather so they could offer bundles, if the ancient copper local loop ever gets upgraded to fiber then its a different story.
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At some point someone in the uk is going to have to bite their tongue and invest in fiber, wimax isnt an answer copper certianly isnt an answer, they all far less capable then fiber. For whatever reason it may be noone seems willing to go it with fiber in the uk yet its progressing in other developed countries.
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Satellite coverage
is excellent and for the time being at least is the best medium for TV broadcast, it is however very expensive with limited capacity, albeit not as limited as cable. As bandwidth increases and cost lower, eventually, and I'm not talking in the next couple of years here, satellite will become uneconomical vs IPTV.