Analysis: SBC, others pose big challenge to cable
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- To understand why phone industry executives are so excited about their plans to offer TV service, it helps to know about the technology that will make it possible.
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The Federal Communications Commission says in a Congressional report that cable bills would increase under a system that lets customers pick and choose. Consumer groups disagree.
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More phone and cable companies promise high-speed Internet access, but how is a consumer to know?
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It could be a single malfunctioning power supply. Or, from the other side of the glass, it could be a portent of doom for a technology that would make good use of all those TV channels that no one's broadcasting on, for wireless networking.
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SBC Communications (SBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) expects to spend about $5 billion over the next three years to build and connect consumers to a high-speed
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MovieCo challenge to BSkyB good for consumers, cablecos
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It is unfair that DSL products deemed telecom services have been regulated much more tightly than the primary competition -- cable modems -- telcos have complained.
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SAN ANTONIO SBC Communications will use a Microsoft software system to transmit television over high-speed Internet connections. Those are like the ones San Antonio-based SBC will offer after replacing the
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The league will debut the immersive broadcasting technology at this weekend's All-Star game. Then it just has to convince owners and telecom companies that it's a long shot worth taking
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What could eventually resolve the value proposition for mainstream consumers to accept an incoming ultra-high-bandwidth pipeline into their homes is the ability of high-definition, on-demand video. But that will require a level of cooperation that competitors thus far have been unable to muster.
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For months, Verizon Communications Inc. has been pushing legislation that would shift control of the cable franchising process from local to state officials, telling legislators that the current system is a major obstacle to competition.
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It may seem like stating the obvious, and maybe it is, but one of the great things about digital cable television is getting to choose from a wider variety of channels.  This is particularly true with regard to religious programming.
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WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission is keeping and eye on SBC Communications&#39; new connection charge for calls made over the Internet.
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By SETH SUTEL Associated Press  NEW YORK -- Robert McDowell, the newest member of the Federal Communications Commission, on Tuesday said he didn't see a compelling need for cable TV operators to sell channels individually.
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Cable provider's costly services, combined with its pricey stock, should give pause.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission this week hopes to do what Congress could not accomplish this year -- help AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications get into the television business faster.
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CableÂs two hungry rivals Â phone companies and satellite providers Â are stealing cableÂs disgruntled customers with cheaper all-in-one packages that bundle TV with Internet and phone services.