I think everyone needs to google IPTV and do some research.
1. IPTV is a service offered to you by your local Telco, not MS.
2. AT&T has purchased the IPTV software from MS and they now cover 3/4ths of the country after buying Bellsouth.
3. AT&T will provide it's customers with a choice of an IPTV set top box like your cable/satelite does, 1 of those options could easily be a 360 for free with contract or rental like cable.
4. The IPTV package from AT&T will be 3 tiered, giving you options of VOIP and broadband.
5. VOIP and IPTV will run on a dedicated bandwidth, leaving your broadband connection untouched for Internet and Live.
6. IPTV is not stored, it is streamed like your cable/satelite is. The difference is they don't send your all channels all the time, only a few (depending on your bandwidth) to enable quick channel changing. The only reason the 360 would need an HDD would be for DVR functions.
7. You can finally kick Time Warner & Comcast out of your home for r@ping you on rates all these years since they have a monopoly. In areas of Texas, where telco's are testing IPTV for the past few years, cable rates have dropped significantly.
How will this affect the console war? Any gamer who pays the cable, phone and broadband bill in his/her house will jump all over this if it is available in their area. The ability to consolidate all home entertainment bills into one and get rid of that fugly cable box sitting under your TV that you pay $10 a month is a dream come true. Early adopters will suffer glitches, but so did early cellphone and satelite user. This is the greatest living room coup ever! When you roll the idea of AT&T subsidizing 360's to customers around in your head, it leaves you feeling sorry for Sony. Kudos MS, I'm adding Uncle Bill to my Christmas card list.
Implications of IPTV-enabled Xbox 360?
Jan 8th 2007 9:20AM (Joystiq)1. IPTV is a service offered to you by your local Telco, not MS.
2. AT&T has purchased the IPTV software from MS and they now cover 3/4ths of the country after buying Bellsouth.
3. AT&T will provide it's customers with a choice of an IPTV set top box like your cable/satelite does, 1 of those options could easily be a 360 for free with contract or rental like cable.
4. The IPTV package from AT&T will be 3 tiered, giving you options of VOIP and broadband.
5. VOIP and IPTV will run on a dedicated bandwidth, leaving your broadband connection untouched for Internet and Live.
6. IPTV is not stored, it is streamed like your cable/satelite is. The difference is they don't send your all channels all the time, only a few (depending on your bandwidth) to enable quick channel changing. The only reason the 360 would need an HDD would be for DVR functions.
7. You can finally kick Time Warner & Comcast out of your home for r@ping you on rates all these years since they have a monopoly. In areas of Texas, where telco's are testing IPTV for the past few years, cable rates have dropped significantly.
How will this affect the console war? Any gamer who pays the cable, phone and broadband bill in his/her house will jump all over this if it is available in their area. The ability to consolidate all home entertainment bills into one and get rid of that fugly cable box sitting under your TV that you pay $10 a month is a dream come true. Early adopters will suffer glitches, but so did early cellphone and satelite user. This is the greatest living room coup ever! When you roll the idea of AT&T subsidizing 360's to customers around in your head, it leaves you feeling sorry for Sony. Kudos MS, I'm adding Uncle Bill to my Christmas card list.
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