Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The gentle telco/cable war

Today's Telephony Online editorial details why telcos need not fear the growth of cable broadband. Even though Comcast posted big gains in customer growth over Verizon & AT&T, according to Ed Gubbins, (Editor), "although telcos appear to be losing the war against cable providers, one analyst says to cheer up; it's more accurate to say both sides are winning.'The telco impact on cable is being more than fully offset by the deteriorating fortunes of the satellite operators, yielding the startlingly counterintuitive conclusion that things in the pay-TV market are becoming less, not more, competitive as time goes on.'"

Wow.

TP_Telephony Online Update_: The gentle telco/cable war

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