LOL I just re-read the title of the OP's article. My understanding was:
"DirecTV will now become AT&T's primary video platform..." I missed the capital N on "Now."
I see what you mean!
It took me a long time to realize that's what it meant, too!
At&t's future plan for Satellite service?
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It took me a long time to realize that's what it meant, too!
I live in a rural area, been with DirecTV since 1995, the only "real" high speed internet here is two wireless "WISP" providers. While service has improved somewhat in the last 12 years, it is no where near stable enough or fast enough to support full time streaming HDTV.
Time Warner is the cable provider for the small town (pop 2500) right near me, and another small nearby town, No HD, No Internet service, No DVR, basically 50 or so SD only channels.
Frontier recently bought out Verizon here for the Landline Phone system, again no internet or tv service, just old fashioned landline phone service, with crappier customer service now.
Most of the population of my rural county of 20K have Satellite TV (DISH or Direct) from what I have seen, I would like to know what percentage of DirecTV customers are in rural areas without reliable internet such as mine?
I don't see how AT&T can even think about shutting down its DirecTV Satellite Service in coming years without leaving a good amount of its customer base without TV service, unless some Massive Nationwide rural internet expansion happens, which I highly doubt.
Time Warner is the cable provider for the small town (pop 2500) right near me, and another small nearby town, No HD, No Internet service, No DVR, basically 50 or so SD only channels.
Frontier recently bought out Verizon here for the Landline Phone system, again no internet or tv service, just old fashioned landline phone service, with crappier customer service now.
Most of the population of my rural county of 20K have Satellite TV (DISH or Direct) from what I have seen, I would like to know what percentage of DirecTV customers are in rural areas without reliable internet such as mine?
I don't see how AT&T can even think about shutting down its DirecTV Satellite Service in coming years without leaving a good amount of its customer base without TV service, unless some Massive Nationwide rural internet expansion happens, which I highly doubt.
I highly doubt that they will shut down the actual Sat side of things ....
They will get D* Now stable and continue it as long as its working ...
I mentioned before that the D* Now was an option for people, not something that would replace its format.
There are many reasons for that, many which have been mentioned already.
To see how it pretty much failed?
Although, I must admit ATT is claiming some new development in BPL. "AirGig."
Broadband access speeds are still only part of the equation, you still have to work out the engineering problems with distribution of content at scale.
There have been a few good quotes in articles about MLB Advance Media, the company behind MLB.tv that became the infrastructure provider for NHL.tv, WatchESPN, PlayStation Vue, HBO NOW, WWE Network, and others.
From http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/4/9090897/mlb-bam-live-streaming-internet-tv-nhl-hbo-now-espn
And from https://www.thestreet.com/story/134...-to-build-a-new-streaming-sports-service.html
From http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2016/02/19/Media/MLBAM-OTT.aspx
Can these engineering obstacles be overcome? Sure. The problem is that you're going to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in upgrading infrastructure only to try to get back to delivering the same service you already offer today through other means. If cable and satellite companies retool their pricing model to compete with Internet streaming options, it's going to take away the most compelling reason the majority of people leave traditional video companies for an OTT solution.
There have been a few good quotes in articles about MLB Advance Media, the company behind MLB.tv that became the infrastructure provider for NHL.tv, WatchESPN, PlayStation Vue, HBO NOW, WWE Network, and others.
From http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/4/9090897/mlb-bam-live-streaming-internet-tv-nhl-hbo-now-espn
And from https://www.thestreet.com/story/134...-to-build-a-new-streaming-sports-service.html
From http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2016/02/19/Media/MLBAM-OTT.aspx
Can these engineering obstacles be overcome? Sure. The problem is that you're going to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in upgrading infrastructure only to try to get back to delivering the same service you already offer today through other means. If cable and satellite companies retool their pricing model to compete with Internet streaming options, it's going to take away the most compelling reason the majority of people leave traditional video companies for an OTT solution.
The savings from satellite deployment will pay for it
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its not happening. Period. Not for the foreseeable future.
There may be technology on the white board. Its implementation after years of beta testing, will be lengthy.
For rural areas, decades. If at all. The 48 Contiguous states comprise over 2.6 million square miles. Granted we occupy a small portion of that land area, but to get the internet to these far flung places means the uninhabited ares must be traversed either by wired plant. Or towers and hardware must be constructed to facilitate delivery of the services
No way. A satellite costs $1.5 billion including one third of that for pay load fees.
To bring the kind of high speed internet to every single residence in the country would cost 50 times that.
The backbone exists..the final mile will be cellular or PowerLine
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Sure is taking all of the teleco's a long time on that "last mile" in rural areas if that's all that's left. I've been waiting on a last mile for decent speeds for 10 years.
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Truth is they don't care..they just want to make money..
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Right, which is why they're creating options.
DirecTV NOW is just going after a different customer base, the same as Cricket in the wireless space.
Think about all the multi-feed commercial accounts and sports bars that have DirecTV service - Internet delivery would present a logistical challenge and major expense. The satellite operations costs aren't going anywhere and it kinda doesn't matter; according to the financial reports from DirecTV the uplink facilities, networks to collect locals, satellite amortization, insurance, licensing, etc only represent 3% of their direct costs tied to revenue.
Satellites just aren't all that expensive in the grand scheme of delivering TV.
Internet means more consumer choice..actual pick and choose what channels you want..
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That's the plan..to make more money with less overhead..
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So you trade one expense (D* in this case) for more expensive internet.
Where's the savings ?
I have now 50 mg service, more than I need, and a voip phone line after taxes and fees cost me $95.
That's about $40 more than I wanted.
I would be happy with 25 mg, but the company claims they don't have that speed, even though I had it for 6 months or longer earlier.
If I want to lower my speed/bill, they only have option of 10 mg ... and it only saves me like $10 a month.
That's about $40 more than I wanted.
I would be happy with 25 mg, but the company claims they don't have that speed, even though I had it for 6 months or longer earlier.
If I want to lower my speed/bill, they only have option of 10 mg ... and it only saves me like $10 a month.
Savings?..is a cell phone really cheaper than a landline?..remember you had one landline for everybody in your family but you know have a cellphone for everyone..the younger generation is turning away from traditional cable..Internet is just another hook..if you look way way back at the history of att..they owned a radio and television backbone (before satellite) that fed all the radio and television stations..the internet is really just an extension of that..they are looking beyond tv..kinda scary to allow a phone company that much access to our lives..more opportunities to sell more information with Internet compared to satellite
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