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[TVover.net] SBC Confirms Project Lightspeed IPTV Field Trial - TVover.net: Project Lightspeed is the SBC initiative to expand its fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver SBC U-verse TV, voice and high-speed Internet access services. SBC companies expect to reach approximately 18 million households by the first half of 2008 as part of initial deployment, using fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and fiber-to-the-premises technologies.

[ConnectMe Networks] ConnectMe Networks: Time for Lightspeed: Questions About the SBC ...: Starz has negotiated VOD and IPTV rights to films released by Sony Picture Entertainment over the next 6 years, mirroring an earlier deal with Disney. These contracts include provisions for DRM and antidumping that limit the studio's ability to provide an IPTV carrier with promotional pricing, say a dollar, early in the PPV window.

[IPTV News] IPTV Support: Under the contract, Amdocs will provide the SBC companies with services supporting customer service, based on Amdocs' billing, customer relationship management, ordering and payment products. Amdocs also will provide consulting and systems integration services.

[xchange] SBC Taps Scientific-Atlanta, Motorola for IPTV Initiative: Project Lightspeed is the SBC initiative to expand its fiber-optics network, delivering SBC U-verse TV, voice and high-speed Internet access services. It should be available for “controlled market entry,” according to SBC, late this year or early next.

[Susan Crawford blog] Susan Crawford blog :: Two thoughts: "The Project Lightspeed network will integrate IP-video with voice, data and other applications (all ultimately to be IP-based) in a manner that is not possible over existing broadband or cable networks. Because the various applications will amount to data packets traveling over the same broadband pipe, the services will interoperate and communicate in a way that makes each service more useful than it would be standing alone." 

[Joystiq] Hands-on with IPTV on Xbox 360: As for quality of service, I have been using cable forever (who hasn't) and IPTV completely blows it out of the water. First off, when I was talking to the tech that came out to our house to run the fiber from the street and rewire our whole place up, I was asking him about any number of stuff like outages and stuff (wanna make sure I was getting my monies worth).

[The Jeff Pulver Blog] The Jeff Pulver Blog: Guest Blogger: Bruce Kushnick - Net ...: -- (i.e, illegally subsidizing the Bells' DSL, wireless and Long distance business through rates.) When Verizon gives its DSL price of $14.95, it comes with a catch -- the customer also has to buy their long distance and local service package. This, and a lack of audits and bad FCC decisions,have help to kill off AT&T and MCI.

[Reinvent TV] Scientific-Atlanta targets IPTV: Other recent mentions about Scientific Atlanta on this blog: In April, SA showed some impressive DVR sales growth. SBC awarded a $195 million contract to Scientific-Atlanta to provide video equipment for its Project Lightspeed initiative.

[Derek Graham - British in American Skin] AT&T U-Verse Is IPTV the future of entertainment delivery?: The main issues with the service right now are the limits on the service itself, the price is right on the money and much more affordable for your wallet but the current structure allows for 4 TV's hooked up and used at once(4 separate streams at least) and if you have HDTV's right now only 1 HDTV stream is allowed due to current bandwidth and structuring. Some say the quality of the HD is not great, most will have to decide for themselves.

[Susan Crawford blog] Susan Crawford blog :: The day the internet became cable ...: Tomo certainly has a point - how many times HAS this conglomerate been broken up for breaking anti-trust regulations, most frequently those having to do with monopolies and using them as leverage against your customers? And with this particular stunt, one is even tempted to put them into the category of negotiators as slippery as the old Devil himself (where is Daniel Webster when we need him?

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