Business Obstacles to Cable
Despite its early and substantial lead in providing RBB services, cable faces business challenges. Many of these challenges emanate from the beginnings of cable when "quick and dirty" solutions were the order of the day. Now it is time to create highly scalable and redundant systems. The potential challengers to cable are deep-pocketed and the stakes are high. Finally, cable has taken on the task of providing full service networking capability, that is, supporting Internet, telephone, and broadcast TV services. This is a big plate to fill.
Upgrade Costs
Cable operators are faced with a large bill for HFC, two-way, and data service upgrades yet to come. The cost components are HFC upgrade, two-way upgrades, head-end ...
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