MSOs can offer depends in part on bits of the wires that they do not control.

ECONOMIST: The wiring of India

MSOs are carrying the cost of upgrading the networks, sometimes including the last mile, which the cable operators usually control.

ECONOMIST: The wiring of India

The second thing is the predictability of incoming revenues from MSOs.

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MSOs have one great advantage, which telcos cannot rival.

ECONOMIST: The wiring of India

MSOs can whip local cable operators into line.

ECONOMIST: The wiring of India

Potential participants include users and producers of systems and components for telecommunications carriers, Internet exchanges, financial markets, data centers, multiple system operators (MSOs) networking systems, high-performance computing, network storage and servers and other individuals interested in future IEEE 802.3 Ethernet wireline standards.

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The report also predicts that to offset the rights cost increases MSOs will attempt to pass on the costs of carrying NFL programming to the consumer and if there is a subsequent consumer backlash the operators may end up absorbing some of the programming cost increases themselves.

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