From: gwelsh@spamcop.net   
      
   "JF Mezei"  wrote in message   
   news:4f9ce1b1$0$1524$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com...   
   > And the sooner the cable companies remove analogue channels, the sooner   
   > they can stop complaining about internet bandwidth hogs [...]   
      
    ... except that I'm sure the carriers will find other uses for that   
   bandwidth, leaving the bandwidth usage issue pretty much status quo.  Or   
   more likely worse, since services on the 'net assume ever-increasing   
   bandwidth availability.   
      
   > Right now, cable companies have to carry 3 copies fo the same channels   
   > (HD digital, SD digital, and analogue.).   
      
    ... but they can broadcast it once and amplify it with broadband repeaters   
   everywhere, while...   
      
   > Bell's IPTV carries only what a house is currnetly watching,   
      
    ... which still requires that everything be broadcast to equipment near the   
   subscriber which chooses the channel(s) that need to be sent down the   
   subscriber's line.  That sounds more expensive, not less.   
      
   It's the lack of grandfathered formats that makes the advantage.   
      
   > Recent news have shown that Bell's IPTV offering is starting to steal   
   > customers from Rogers.   
      
   I seriously considered it until I added up the cost of switching to Bell's   
   internet service and adding monthly transfer allowances.  I have since   
   realized that it would be cheaper to install a second phone line for Fibe   
   with mininal non-TV service and keeping my current ISP on the original phone   
   line.  So Fibe maybe in the running again...   
      
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