Thread: NTL's Conflict Of Interests With Other IP Based Services - ANTI COMPETITIVE ?
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Old 03-03-2005, 13:16   #8
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Re: NTL's Conflict Of Interests With Other IP Based Services - ANTI COMPETITIVE ?
Interesting questions raised here. IMHO if ntl were to launch a true TV over IP service I don't see its bandwidth being included in any Internet bandwidth used over your cable modem.

The most likely scenario is that such a service would be played out from dedicated TV servers to an IP STB which most folks would have plugged into their TVs. That being the case the only thing that the two services would have in common would be the network they travel to the customer on. Each would continue to be separate items on your bill.

The problem might come in when you decide to use a third party supplier through your ntl cable modem, then the bandwidth used could as suggested take up a large portion of your allowance.

I would imagine though that all sorts of deals would be done with such third parties similar to the one ntl currently have with AOL where you use an AOL branded cable modem on the ntl network.
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