Read the above article, which does make sense. As we all know, bandwidth from cable is shared among all users. So as more people use cable for television and Internet, bandwidth requirements are going through the roof. Which in turn is going to continue to limit the amount of HD channels that they offer.
To me, this has shown the beauty of satellite. What we all need to learn to accept is that there are flaws in all models. While Comcast may hype the fact that their signal isn't affected by weather, I would argue about their poor customer service and extremely limited HD offerings. While Dish/DirecTV offer more HD channels (and they are uncompressed, coming through much more visually simulating than Comcast offerings), they are still subjected to weather knocking them out.
Me? I love my Dish. My 2 room DVR has been getting plenty of work as of late, and I'd have plenty of TV watching to catch up on during a signal loss. Now if they could add remote scheduling like my Tivo had, and some sort of On Demand...well that'd make it perfect!
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Here's my thing! I agree with what most of what you have to say. Definitely about Comcast and their poor customer service. But I think the real solution is when fiber optics are introduced on a wide scale. This will allow bandwidth on levels that you can't imagine. Giving you super high speed internet and almost unlimited HD programing that cable and dish just can't touch. Imagine being able to download a HD movie in under 1 minute. And at a price that neither can compete with, and that is why both have tied it up in court for years; trying to prevent this from coming out for as long as they can.
It's only offered in limited areas right now, and it is the real future.
Yes, but don't forget there is a huge expense when it comes to laying fiber. There have to be straight runs, repeaters put in place, etc. In order to run fiber on such a grand scale is going to cost some company billions of dollars. It's why we don't have that now.
Fiber isn't the future. Higher bandwith wireless (check out a company called www.dls.net) 10MB/S speed via wireless at $55 a month. It's only in rural areas, but that's where we are at.
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