cable operators out of touch?

April 18, 2006 by  

U.S. cable operators have a lot to be confident about. But they are
facing a multitude of threats: IPTV, wireless, independent content
providers, satellite, cord-cutting customers and municipal.

I’m fed up with arrogant leaders and suspect my feelings are shared
by many citizens, consumers and broadband users. Perhaps cablecos  can
afford an arrogant stance towards their competitors but its a poor
public image for them or for the telcos. While they publicly fight over
turf and control, they lose customer focus and further erode loyalty.
Anything they do (speed increase, intro offers) feels like they are
just throwing the dog a bone.  I want more for my $$.   

IP Democracy

April 17, 2006

Is Cable Out of Touch?

The U.S. cable industry has nothing to fear from
anybody. Its plant is inherently broadband and interactive — no need
for the exhorbitantly expensive upgrades that the inherently narrowband
telcos must implement.

Cable systems can roll out any combination of new services in a
heartbeat, crushing competition in the process. Satellite competitors
don’t have a terrestrial network capable of offering voice and
high-speed data.

VOD will trump anything the Internet can offer in terms of on-demand
video programming. The government can’t justify a la carte or net
neutrality or uneven franchising obligations.

If you attended the National Cable & Telecommunications
Association convention last week, and didn’t know anything else about
the broader communications marketplace, you’d believe all this.
Apparently, cable operators do believe all of this.

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