Andrew Johnson of Comcast thinks customers will continue to use a cable Internet connection because it's better.
"I think everyone is hoping cable Internet will take off, " says Chin Wong, editor of ComputerWorld Philippines, a trade publication.
In 2003, there were twice as many cable Internet subscribers in the U.S. as DSL subscribers, according to the Yankee Group.
Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services.
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Basic copper and cable internet access cannot run faster than about 5 megabits per second, which is just about fast enough to watch something on YouTube or for a video chat over Skype.
But worried about grumblings from telco users and telco companies, Stevens wants to shift more of the burden onto other technologies, such as cable Internet providers and wireless services, which currently don't put much into the fund.
The big idea here is to offer packages that bundle together cable TV, cable Internet, VoIP, and wireless services and offer them to subscribers at a price that would be less than signing up for each service individually.
In addition to delivering its Optimum-branded cable, Internet, and voice offerings throughout the New York area, the company owns and operates cable systems serving homes in four Western states.
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In addition to delivering its Optimum branded cable, Internet, and voice offerings throughout the New York area, the company owns and operates cable systems serving homes in four Western states.
Broadcast, they seem to think, will be better stitched into other products, like cable and Internet entertainment.
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So are we about to see a fight between Apple, and cable and Internet companies such as Comcast?
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The delivery of voice calls using VoLTE is similar to the voice over IP, or VOIP, phone services offered by many cable and Internet-service providers.
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Wireless power is an emerging technology that creates a better charging experience for consumers, just as Wi-Fi replaced the need to use an Ethernet cable for Internet connectivity.
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Comcast has made a similar move, also now offering home automation in many markets, already having saturated these customers with cable and internet and looking for more ways to make money as a company.
In an attempt to level the financial playing field for broadcasters, British regulators want British Sky Broadcasting to offer its main sports channels, Sky Sports 1 and 2, to other cable, Internet and terrestrial channels at cheaper wholesale prices.
Telecom regulator Ofcom announced Wednesday that British Sky Broadcasting, the country's biggest satellite broadcaster and main broadcast partner for the English Premier League, must offer its main sports channels, Sky Sports 1 and 2, to other cable, Internet and terrestrial channels at cheaper wholesale prices.
Verizon ( VZ - news - people ) also beat expectations thanks to increased cellphone customers, but its quarterly results suffered from a heavy loss in traditional phone subscribers as more consumers go completely wireless or pick cheaper alternatives offered by cable and Internet companies.
Egyptian authorities say they have arrested three divers trying to cut through an undersea internet cable.
Beyond your cable and open internet feeds, TV Discovery will include Netflix and Blockbuster content at launch.
We were spared during Sandy, our only real troubles a loss of cable television and Internet service.
Viewers are scattering to tiny cable networks and Internet-delivered video, cutting average audiences for many traditional TV programs, including morning shows.
To win, Google TV needs great hybrids of both cable TV and Internet, like search across all media, and potentially great audio.
The fragmentation of audiences has created opportunities in cable and the Internet.
Even though TV still remains the primary destination for advertisers, the ad revenue is getting fragmented across different cable networks and internet medium.
All of the players come to the table with the ability to spread the games over a swath of cable channels and Internet properties.
As I pointed out in 2008, this renders such regulations toothless against the most likely source of anti-competitive conduct: cable companies throttling Internet service to preserve their paid television monopolies.
Advertisers agreed to retain the existing system for network TV - which rewards actors each time their ad is shown - but insisted on an increased flat-rate pay structure for cable and the internet.
In creating the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment report, input was collected from a variety of application spaces (servers, data center networks, high-performance computing, financial markets, carrier and cable operators, Internet exchanges, the scientific community, etc.) and from different geographic regions.
Perhaps hitting closer to home were the comments of Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who told Whitacre in his opening comments how he's shutting off service on a phone line coming into his house and planning to use a cable modem for Internet access.
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