Do you think you have enough bandwidth at home?
Tags :Announcement
A recent announcement from SBC (that I use
for DSL services) has me thinking everyone will need more pipe. They
are rolling out Project Lightspeed while they announce an agreement with
Microsoft for $400 million.
SBC Communications
Inc., the second-largest local phone company in the United States, said
Wednesday it signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement with Microsoft Corp.
to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft's TV Internet
protocol television edition software platform.
SBC and Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft
will begin field trials in mid-2005 and plan commercial availability of
the IP-based television platform in late 2005.
In the first quarter of 2005, construction
is expected to begin on the SBC Project Lightspeed, the company's effort
to deploy fiber closer to customer locations to provide new IP-based services,
including IP television, voice over IP and faster Internet access. Project
Lightspeed is expected to reach 18 million households by year-end 2007.
The companies said the IP-based TV service
will include instant channel changing, customizable channel lineups, video
on demand, digital video recording, multimedia interactive program guides,
event notifications and content protection features.
So I am thinking the fridge that likes
to order groceries will have to wait for the kids to send instant messages
and the channel to change.
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On Friday, November 19th, 2004 by Chris Miller
