So DISH now leads in national hd channels.
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I think they are counting on nearly all content being delivered via the innertubes at some point in the future and want the bandwidth and infrastructure in place to do so. I think providers like D* and E* may end up sucking the hind teat in the future as their market will be relegated to the rural areas without internet. Even that may not save them as wireless internet is pretty inexpensive to set up in areas without hills and mountains. It's a big financial gamble for them for sure.
I don't disagree, but neither is Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, etc. Based on this standard, only D* and E* could ever be considered the HD Leader.But Fio's and U-Verse are not available as widely as the Satellite providers...
Yes, I totally agree on this. There's still a lot of work to be done on the broadband infrastructure side, however, as anyone who tried to watch streaming video of the inauguration will remember (or anyone who is/was affected by the Silicon Valley cable cut this week will attest to).
IPTV and switched digital video on private networks will be the next big winners, in my opinion. It sure looks like AT&T Uverse is eating Comcast's (and satellite's) lunch in this area.
Maybe FiOS is included in this group of winners if the churn is low enough to justify the $1K/household initial costs, and Docsis 3.0 is slow to deploy widely.
MSNBC HD will be on dish.
NO FOXHD fir dish---fox loves to sue dish
so untill fox and dish can kiss and make up no FOXHD
Too many, like myself, until they add MLBNet Hd, EI, and ST, they will never be on par.
There are 2 HD channels Dish currently has that I wish Direct had, Travel and WGN
You forgot the two biggest cons of FiOS:
You cannot take FiOS with you (this give DBS providers an advantage for those who travel).
FiOS does not have near the HD coverage on their sports packages and does not offer ST (something very important to sports fans)
What is the cost of launching satellites and installing Dish or Direct? It takes DBS providers a while to recoup their costs as well. The cost will be high at first, but after enough subs join for a period of time, they will then start profiting off of them.
Dish and DIRECTV subscriber acquisition costs are in the $700-800 range now and that does not even count the billions they have spent on satellites. FIOS is really about the same price as putting in a cable system.
The second one is better. The first one lists it as available in many areas it is not, including my home town of Cleveland.
True, but I think the success will come with the quality of service for TV, broadband and telephone. FiOS is a growth industry now, just like satellite was (well, still is, to an extent) and that means years of spending lots of $$$ before the real money rolls in. The fact that Verizon is as huge, deep pocketed, and pretty healthy as it is, means they can afford this growth period. Now, FiOS and its cost for smaller companies would mean bankruptcy. Verizon had made the bet that we still need a huge "pipe" and the advantages of fiber optics rather than the cheapskate approaches of Cable and Uverse. In the end, I think FiOS will be among the most successful services.
