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Goodbye landlines
CREATING AN Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service is looking like a more likely strategy for telcos wanting to branch out to the stream of customers dumping their fixed lines.
Ofcom's International Communications Market 2008 report highlights how 15 percent of homes were mobile-only last year, which is up two percent on the year before.
With the current economic woes – which you may not have heard about – Ofcom recons the number of homes ditching their landlines will steadily increase.
Julian Herbert, principal analyst at Informa said, "Telcos probably are beginning to think they can't live without [IPTV] in the current circumstances. "
Herbert reckons that IPTV has had a direct effect on the rate of fixed-line decline and has incrementally increased overall revenue.
Further, good old Herbert continues to say that the next generation of mobile wireless will happen, it’s just a matter of how and when.
According to Informa there are more than 100 live IPTV deployments internationally as of this month, this increase is expected throughout next year. µ
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brownie points here to the first person to state the obvious....

people who dont use the internet got either high speed downloads or gaming dont need a fixed line so obviously will cancel there landline...

what would you go with 25+ a month inclusive minutes and texts or 25+ a month line rental before services are included
This story makes me wonder if there's any relationship between the tv-tax and people ditching their land-lines for streaming. (I'd go into a lengthy rant about what a ridiculous thing the tv licensing fee is, but I shan't)
IPTV is good, I'm glad I made the switch (bye bye cable TV service, hello slow but steady DSL!)
It actually cost less than the competing cable TV service it replaced but has all-digital signal that looks much nicer, and is really not that problematic at all. It's all satellite feed, of course, I'd probably be better off just buying a FTA (free to air) satellite receiver & joining the grey market smart card community.
But, whatever. If/when we get truly high speed internet then the cable company can be based anywhere in the world. In that case I'd use WiMax or even the power utility for internet connectivity.
Lame article. Telco bashing still hasn't lost its appeal huh Emma ? The fact is "landlines" are not going anywhere and time soon. Technically Fiber is a landline..so is an HFC network...are you suggesting Fiber Optics and HFC is dying...lol. Wireless remains a limited technology that lend convenience to someone on the go but lacks everything needed to ever replace landlines... stop with the BS articles written by someone who obviously doesn't work in the Telecom sector....maybe your fabulous imagination skillz could be used writing childrens books...
The age of copper has really gone. If every town, city and county have a WiMax antenna and everything runs on digital then no body should need wires. You can get broadband TV, radio, internet where ever you go.

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I didn't realize that IPTV Iowa Public Television was so powerful!