IPTV - it’s getting interesting!
You may have heard the new buzz word floating around the technology websites recently - Internet Protocol TV or IPTV for short. This really is starting to get interesting.
Today Sony announced that it would be equipping most of its new High Definition TVs with an attachable module that would allow streaming broadband High Definition TV to be displayed on their TV sets, simply by pushing a button on their remote control.
Of course you will need to do some serious upgrades to your broadband service to facilitate the extra bandwidth needed for IPTV. AT&T’s U-verse IPTV service gives customers a 20Mb/s link to their homes. This provides high enough bandwidth for high speed Internet, VoIP and IPTV service.
Verizon of course have their own elaborate plans to capture this market and as a response to the 1000 customers per day they are estimated to be losing to cable customers who already have triple-play. They are, as we speak, rolling out a $20 billion investment throughout the U.S on a state of the art fiber optic infrastructure that will support Data, Voice and IPTV.
The competition for this triple play is fierce and will be interesting to watch over the next few years. The other question, where does this leave the likes of Vonage?
What’s your thoughts on this, we’d love to hear from you.
Andy
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