AT&T and CEA Say Consumers Should Get Ready for IPTV

[Audioholics]

<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/ATTIPTVplans.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 50px" alt=[cea] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/cea_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is an idea that we’ve known is coming for a long time but looks like it might touch down in certain areas of the US by late 2006. IPTV will be yet another competitor to cable and satellite TV services. What AT&amp;T has called “infinite channel TV” will be quality audio and video transmitted to residential IP subscriber lines or simply television brought to you by the phone company. It’s another phase in the unified data service war between Cable and Telephone that already competes for cell phone, IP phone and internet services.

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[thescrub]

I'm in an area that someday will be serviced by Project Lightspeed. When I first heard the announcement about the plan I was pretty excited. The more I learned thought the less I care. My problem with the technology the way they are going to deliver it is that I am limited to one HD feed at a time with an additional 2 SD feeds. That's not enough for my household. I'd want a minimum of three HD feed with 2 or 3 SD feeds.