That is true Simon, but in the end cable has more bandwidth. The copper
pair is "maxed" out with DSL.
Bell should start swapping out the copper pair for fiber optics that
would enable them to service their customers for the next 50 years or more.
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Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Cable will win !
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 08:06:45 -0400
From: Simon P. Ditner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Henry Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I don't know if it's that clear cut. Bell has DSL infrastructure in
place, they can offer more services over that copper pair than I think
BT could have in 2000. If they bring VoIP right into the premises, they
could do anything the cable companies could do.
What I'm curious to know is what VoIP products they're testing in that
Quebec trial, and how they're addressing network reliability.
On 5/17/05, Henry Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Having had experience in the adoption of VoIP(cable phone service)
in the UK. I can say that the scenario that is being played out
between Rogers, Bell and CRTC is exactly the same as Shaw Cable,
BT and OFTEL in the year 2000. While for the cost of monthly
service is more or less the same, the cable companies offer two
lines instead of one, free local calls between cable subscribers and
a host of other features that BT (British Telecom ) charge extra
for. This makes it a "no brainer" for the customer to switch to the
local cable company.
By the way, cable companies supply analog lines into the home, but
they are converted to in the outside cable boxes in the streets. I
assume it is VoIP but it may be some other digital method.
Henry Coleman
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