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Originally Posted by handyman
If ntl take up adsl2+ over the short runs from the cab to the home they will be using copper thats been there years rather than decades, they'll also free up mass's of bandwidth on the HFC network which will give unlimited upgrade potential for digital tv. Since all ntl's network will be short runs they should be able to g/tee 24mbit and faster to each customer. But its all down to investment. Ntl have already put their investment in the hfc network and really should look at changing the docsis to get faster speeds from that. In the long run I think you'll see lots of the smaller adsl providers closing or doing what the cable industry did and get bought out and bought out untill you have a large co. with many diff systems and technologies/standards and they will be in the same position as ntl.....
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But they won't go this route, if anything in time the copper twisted pair will fall into disuse.
Sitting here in upstate NY watching a VOD PPV movie (i had the choice to buy it in widescreen or p&S too), surfing the net, making a VOIP "Digital Telephone" call and recording the Disney channel onto the HDD PVR. All running down the bandwidth on the HFC copper cable.
Digital Telephone is how the Cablecos in the US have moved to triple play. NTL don't even need to go there, but if they chose to do so they can take advantage of enhanced CLID which database lookups the incoming number and sends the name and number to the handset.
On top of this you can call up for a free upgrade to HDTV reception.
I'll try to remember to take some photos of the SACM+Digital Phone and the PVR/Menus etc to post later.
Really, the future is cable and the speed NTL are moving to have the services I see here is accellerating at a pace.