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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Depends how they implement it. If they implement it via the phone line (and it's by no means certain they will, although that would be the cheapest way), then it would run independantly of the current cable TV system. It would also mean that they would not need to wait for the Analogue shut down.
If they implement it on the Cable network, then they may well have to replace every set top box eventually, which would bring a lot of benefits for the consumers (the boxes would almost certainly be faster and support MPEG 4), which would cost a *lot*.
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I think if its done properly it is supposed to free up huge amounts of bandwidth i.e. a customer only receives the current channel they are watching.
Whereas just now every channel is broadcast on the network to every set top box whether they can view it or not.