Comments on: Bill Gurley: Will the cable providers “break” the IP network? http://mrblog.org/2004/04/07/bill-gurley-will-the-cable-providers-break-the-ip-network/ Mr Blog. Very technical, or silly, sometimes absurd. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Abhishek Sethi http://mrblog.org/2004/04/07/bill-gurley-will-the-cable-providers-break-the-ip-network/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Abhishek Sethi Tue, 13 Apr 2004 05:16:35 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=143#comment-271 Hey David,<br /> I read the article a while ago. It makes some interesting predictions, and also gives another angle to comcast's offer for disney. However I was wondering if a couple of emerging technologies were completely ignored in that analysis. WiMax and Power line internet, both can be potentialy challenging to Cable empire.<br /> Also, Bill predicted that Microsoft could be most under estimated company in the IP future. Although they have been investing in interactive television in the WebTV division, the work on DRM technologies does not seem to be a big advantage for them. Real and Apple have similar technologies, and if we are talking about next 10 yrs, there can be several more players.<br /> <br /> Thoughts? Hey David,
I read the article a while ago. It makes some interesting predictions, and also gives another angle to comcast’s offer for disney. However I was wondering if a couple of emerging technologies were completely ignored in that analysis. WiMax and Power line internet, both can be potentialy challenging to Cable empire.
Also, Bill predicted that Microsoft could be most under estimated company in the IP future. Although they have been investing in interactive television in the WebTV division, the work on DRM technologies does not seem to be a big advantage for them. Real and Apple have similar technologies, and if we are talking about next 10 yrs, there can be several more players.

Thoughts?

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